New Orleans Wins The War
(专辑: Land Of Dreams - 1988)
Don't remember much about my baby days, But I
been told We used to live on Willow near the
Garden District Next to the
Sugar Bowl Momma used to wheel me past an ice cream wagon One side for White and one side for Colored I
remember trash cans floating down Canal Street It rained every day one summer Momma used to take me to Audubon Park Show me the
ways of the
world She said, "here comes a
white boy, there goes a
black one, That one's an octoroon This little cookie here's a
macaroon, that big round thing's A
red balloon And the
paper down here's called the
Picayune And here's a
New Orleans tune" In 1948 my Daddy came to the
city Told the
people that they'd won the
war Maybe they'd heard it, maybe not Probably they'd heard it and just forgot 'Cause they built him a
platform there in Jackson Square And the
people came to hear him from everywhere They started to party and they partied some more 'Cause New Orleans had won the
war (We knew we'd do it, we done whipped the
Yankees) Daddy said, "I'm gonna get this boy out of this place Bound to sap his strength People have fun here, and I
think that they should But nobody from here every come to no good They're gonna pickle him in brandy and tell him he's saved Then throw fireworks all 'round his grave" So he took us down to the
airport, and flew us back to L.A. That was the
end of my baby days Blue blue morning, blue blue day All your bad dreams drift away It's a
blue blue morning, of a
blue blue day Lose those bad dreams Those gray clouds above you, what you want them around With you for? You got someone to love you Who could ask for more? It's a
blue blue morning, of a
blue blue day All your bad dreams drift away