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[Intro]
ThCe shallow water shimmers in the stE7reet light TAmhe neon signs can't escape the eCye ThCe smell of fE7ish and spice, a sAmmell of which can mix so nice SFo take me baGck here before I dCie AFnd the greatest infeCction, iFs that of affecCtion AnFd I wouldn't hCave it any other G7way But what can I sCayE7 Am F C G C
[Verse 1]
CiCrcumstaE7nce had brought her to the cAmity She was lFeft behind to tCry and find aG cheap hotel to sleep at night WCell hard times feE7ll and she took to strAmippin' Just a 1F9 year old girl in the grasps oGf middle aged married men AnFd the Bourbon Street buCllhorn boys bFellowed boasts of beaCutiful girls WhFo dance behind black cCurtains in the niGghG7t AnFd oh, how that sCtigma followsF, just another sClut on drugs AnFd through the drunken slandCer, she held her pGriG7de
[Chorus]
And I'll come baCck tE7o New OrlAmeans AFnd I hope to find that you're stGill waiting there for me 'Cause I'll be bCack E7in New OrAmleans IFf you stiGll want me thCerE7e Am F C G C
[Verse 2]
SChe'd onE7ly been two weeks in the citAmy ItF'd only been twCo nights for Gme AndC was it vacation high? It E7felt so real when we sAmaid goodbye AnFd I hope this feeling never fadGes AFnd the greatest inCfection is thFat of affCection AndF I wouldn't haCve it any other wG7ay In Fa city full of dCevils, I foFund an angel thCere And Ffell in love with a sCtripper but I never saw her GdaG7nce
[Chorus]
And I'll come baCck tE7o New OrlAmeans AFnd I hope to find that you're stGill waiting there for me 'Cause I'll be bCack E7in New OrAmleans IFf you stiGll want me thCerE7e Am F C G C
[Outro]
ACnd the shallow water shimmers in the sE7treet light TAmhe neon signs can't escape the eCye ACnd the city E7sleeps, but I keepAm on stirring SFo take me baGck here before I dCie