John Craigie — Preservation Hall lyrics

Lyrics

On the corner of Dauphine and Dumaine, I picked up a trumpet and I started to
play
I hit 25 blue notes all in a row, the crowd dispersed headed for the next show
A Creole girl taught me to dance watched me kick out my legs and throw up my
hands
She said there’s room in this city for a guy with no pity, for himself or
anybody else
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I lost every dollar down in the quarter
I won ‘em backfrom all the pimps and the lawyers
They threw me their coins, I sang ‘em my songs
Now im sipping my whiskey down in preservation hall
I exposed myself for a couple of beads, got thrown in a Tuba by the NOPD
I got blowed by a 400 pound man, saying, get the hell out of my instrument
Played my banjo, down in Jackson square, sang out loud so the good lord would
know I was there
This Spanish moss feels like all the short hairs that grow
On my baby where I lay my head when I get home
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Verse 3:
Played my banjo, down in Jackson square, sang out loud so the good lord would
know I was there
They told me my fortune, they told me it clear, they said you go back to Frisco
but your heart stays here
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