Your smile is fading a bit, so I ration it Don't think about it Here where the Mississippi quits Where it's still got a bit of Minnesota in it No one will give you a thing these days They'd rather kill it or throw it away Don't 'do' dark American streets so If New Orleans is beat, if New Orleans is beat If New Orleans is beat, if New Orleans is beat If New Orleans is beat, where does that leave you and me? The river takes, takes, takes and takes It doesn't change and only changes See it there in a picture with me There's a caption beneath, 'New Orleans is beat' And if New Orleans is beat, if New Orleans is beat If New Orleans is beat, if New Orleans is beat Where does that leave you and me? Where does that leave you and me? Where does that leave you and me? Your smile is fading a bit so I ration it Don't think about it