You can love me, you can leave me
You can fight me, and you'll beat me
But nothing can defeat me
With the spirit of “Big Easy”
In New Orleans, baby
I know that she can save me
New Orleans
New Orleans
My martyred savior, she ain't choking
We both been beaten but not broken
No truer words are spoken
Oh, I know why I’m going
To New Orleans, baby
I know that she can save me
New Orleans, darling
I hear those trumpets calling me
New Orleans
New Orleans
N.O. no, no
The west coast, it's so phony
Oh New York, she's so lonely
No one here even knows me
Oh, I know why I’m going
To New Orleans, baby
I know that she can save me
New Orleans, darling
I hear those trumpets calling me
New Orleans
New Orleans
Oh no, no, no
N.O. no, no
Through the gravestones of Katrina
And the tarred gulf that she cleaned up
She still stands strong to greet us
Don't leave us, don’t leave us
Oh no, no, no, no
N.O. no, no
Why darling why
Did they ring us out to dry
Still alive, we’re still alive
Did they leave us here to die?
Make it right!
Make it right!
Oh, N.O. I know, I know why
I’m alive, she’s alive
Oh, I know why I’m going to New Orleans