Daniel Glen Timms Ode To New Orleans Lyrics

It was a ghost town
The day before the storm came
A haunting horn sound
Drifted past the esplanade

The hallowed high ground
Hunkered down for the hurricane
The levee fell down
Fortune spared the Vieux Carre'

And we were singing run, run
Run, river, run from the old way
Run, run, run, river run to the new day

Jumped a streetcar
Made our way out of New Orleans
Found the north star
And drove all night from the southern sea

When the water left
The quarter stood on the river bank
Wreckage at its steps
That same old saxophone rang and rang

And the golden heart of the city survived
Saint louis cathedral, calming blue skies
When you're living with the river
You know that you're alive.

Un chanson por la ville mon ami