The Witch Queen of New Orleans - Redbone

She said, baby, our love's just like your songs The beat ain't bad but the words are all wrong It's time to pack my bags, it's time to just move on She sang Johnny I'm gone, gone, gone And she was gone Me and Leigh met summer of '95 In a burgundy dress lookin' finer than a French wine A Cajun queen with another side She was a schoolboy's dream, I was out of my mind She was lookin' fine She said "You want to drive me home" But what I didn't know Ooh, ooh, I was dancing with the Queen of New Orleans Ooh, ooh, dancing in the street of New Orleans Ooh, ooh, dancing cheek to cheek in New Orleans Ooh, ooh, it was almost like a dream (almost like a dream) That night I made a move, man I fell hard When I put my hands in her cookie jar She was more than a girl, she was a cabaret star I was a deer in the light of speeding car Nothing's what it seems She was a Venus de Milo in her sister's jeans Ooh, ooh, I was dancing with the Queen of New Orleans Ooh, ooh, dancing in the street of New Orleans Ooh, ooh, dancing cheek to cheek in New Orleans Ooh, ooh, it was almost like a dream (almost like a dream) Ooh, ooh, I was dancing with the Queen of New Orleans Ooh, ooh, dancing in the street of New Orleans Ooh, ooh, I was dancing cheek to cheek in New Orleans Ooh, ooh, dancing with the Queen down Bourbon Street Ooh, ooh, dancing with the Queen of New Orleans Ooh, ooh dancing in the street of New Orleans Ooh, ooh, nothing's what it seems in New Orleans Ooh, ooh, dancing with the Queen down Bourbon Street Ooh, ooh, dancing with the Queen of New Orleans

Riding on the City of New Orleans, Illinois Central Monday morning rail Fifteen cars and fifteen restless riders, Three conductors and twenty-five sacks of mail. All along the southbound odyssey The train pulls out at Kankakee Rolls along past houses, farms and fields. Passin' trains that have no names, Freight yards full of old black men And the graveyards of the rusted automobiles. Good morning America how are you? Don't you know me I'm your native son, I'm the train they call The City of New Orleans, I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done. Dealin' card games with the old men in the club car. Penny a point ain't no one keepin' score. Pass the paper bag that holds the bottle Feel the wheels rumblin' 'neath the floor. And the sons of pullman porters And the sons of engineers Ride their father's magic carpets made of steel. Mothers with their babes asleep, Are rockin' to the gentle beat And the rhythm of the rails is all they feel. Nighttime on The City of New Orleans, Changing cars in Memphis, Tennessee. Half way home, we'll be there by morning Through the Mississippi darkness Rolling down to the sea. And all the towns and people seem To fade into a bad dream And the steel rails still ain't heard the news. The conductor sings his song again, The passengers will please refrain This train's got the disappearing railroad blues. Good night, America, how are you? Don't you know me I'm your native son, I'm the train they call The City of New Orleans, I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done

Maggie was a buck and gain Following the hookin' game Boo-lah rooka, hook and chain Maggie's eyes could cook a man Ooh, she loved to tantalize Make it feel like paradise But ooh, nobody cried when Maggie die When Maggie died, hmm-mm-mm Boom, boom like a shi-shi hand Take her to the rock and hang Rum and boogie, love to dance Maggie didn't stand no chance Ooh, she loves to tantalize Make it feel like paradise But oh, nobody cried when Maggie die When Maggie died, hmm-mm-mm Boom, boom, boom, boom, poor Maggie Boom, boom, boom, poor Maggie Maggie was the buck and gain Following the hookin' game Boo-lah rooka, hook and chain Maggie's eyes could cook a man Ooh, she loved to tantalize Make it feel like paradise But ooh, nobody cried when Maggie die When Maggie died, hmm-mm-mm Boom, boom, boom, boom, poor Maggie Boom, boom, boom, poor Maggie

There's a cloud in my sunshine Rain on my parade My jeans go a hole in it And my happy's got a sad Hey, hey, hey. Clouds in my sunshine Hey, hey, hey. Clouds in my sunshine Christmas spirit In your mind, body and soul Time we can always buy Tomorrow for a day Hey, hey, hey. Clouds in my sunshine Hey, hey, hey. Clouds in my sunshine Next year's resolution We'll change our reservation Wise men hold the key That can open any door Hey, hey, hey. Clouds in my sunshine Hey, hey, hey. Clouds in my sunshine Hey, hey, hey. Clouds in my sunshine Hey, hey, hey. Clouds in my sunshine Hey, hey, hey. Clouds in my sunshine Hey, hey, hey. Clouds in my sunshine

In the moon of the fallen leaves Wovoka appeared one day He had come from the land of spirit With the message of prophecy The flood will come and save you Next spring, when the good times come From the lake of the pyramids Wovoka was here to say Our people must dance, keep on dancing, keep on dancing Our people must sing Keep on singing, keep on singing for the good times to come Gin Ricky, Gin Ricky, Gin, Gin, Gin On the third day, a fire let your spirit be suspended Wovoka said, "Let's begin" From the park of the iron horse they saw Wovoka, do the dance of the ghost and say Our people must dance, keep on dancing, keep on dancing Our people must sing Keep on singing, keep on singing for the good times to come Gin Ricky, Gin Ricky, Gin, Gin, Gin His power, his legend, and his teaching's true Wovoka, the red and the sweet The beauty of his wisdom is an Indian song Wovoka, the property Our people must dance, keep on dancing, keep on dancing Our people must sing Keep on singing, keep on singing for the good times to come Our people must dance, keep on dancing, keep on dancing Our people must sing Keep on singing, keep on singing for the good times to come Our people must dance, keep on dancing, keep on dancing Our people must sing Keep on singing, keep on singing for the good times to come Our people must dance, keep...

I got a message for you, baby And it goes something like this You don't know how I feel You'll never know how I feel When I needed you to come around You always try to put me down Oh, but I know, girl, believe me when I say That you are surely gonna pay Girl, but it's alright, alright girl You've been hurtin' me, but it's alright Hey, but one day, you will see You'll never find a guy like me Who'll love you right, both day and night You'll never have to worry, 'cause it's alright Oh, but I'm tellin' you, girl, and I know it's true That I was made to love only you Girl, but it's alright, alright girl You've been hurtin' me, but it's alright Oh, but I know, babe, I know it's true That I was made to love only you Girl, but it's alright, alright girl Oh, it's alright, alright girl But one day, I'm gonna say You'll meet a guy who'll make you pay Who'll treat you bad, and make you sad And he will ruin the love you had But I hate to say, girl But baby, you got to reap what you sow now But it's alright, alright, babe Hey, it's alright, alright, alright, alright, alright, alright, now, now Alright, alright, alright, alright Alright now, there's nothing new to say Alright, alright, alright