Thirty miles off
the Gulf Stream
I hear the south
wind moan
Bridges gettin' lower
the shrimp boats
coming home
But the old man
down in the Quarter
slowly turns his head
Takes a sip
from his whiskey bottle
and this is
what he said
I was born
in the rain
on the Pontchartrain
Underneath the Louisiana moon
I don't mind
the strain
of a hurricane
it comes around
every June
The high black water
the devil's daughter
She's hard
and she's cold
and she's mean
But nobody taught her
it takes
a lot of water
To wash away
New Orleans
A man came down
from Chicago
he's gonna set
that levee right
He said It needs
to be at least
three feet higher
Or it won't make it
through the night
But the old man
down in the Quarter
Said Don't you listen
to that boy
The water'll be down
by the morning
and he'll be back
to Illinois
And I was born
in the rain
on the Pontchartrain
Underneath the Louisiana moon
I don't mind
the strain
of a hurricane
it comes around
every June
The high black water
the devil's daughter
She's hard
and she's cold
and she's mean
But nobody taught her
it takes
a lot of water
to wash away
New Orleans
Thirty miles off
the Gulf Stream
I hear the south
wind moan
Bridges gettin' lower
the shrimp boats
coming home
But the old man
down in the Quarter
slowly turns his head
Takes a sip
from his whiskey bottle
and this is
what he said
I was born
in the rain
on the Pontchartrain
Underneath the Louisiana moon
I don't mind
the strain
of a hurricane
it comes around
every June
The high black water
the devil's daughter
She's hard
and she's cold
and she's mean
But nobody taught her
it takes
a lot of water
To wash away
New Orleans
And I was born
in the rain
on the Pontchartrain
Underneath the Louisiana moon
I don't mind
the strain
of a hurricane
it comes around
every June
The high black water
the devil's daughter
She's hard
and she's cold
and she's mean
But nobody taught her
it takes
a lot of water
To wash away
New Orleans
And nobody taught her
it takes
a lot of water
To wash away
New Orleans