My memory is muddy, what's this river that I'm in? Bourbon blues on the street, loose and complete Under skies all smoky blue-green I can't forsake a Dixie dead-shake So we danced the sidewalk clean New Orleans is sinking man, and I don't wanna swim

Dark lady laughed and danced and lit the candles one by one Danced to her gypsy music till her brew was done Dark lady played back magic till the clock struck on the twelve She told me more about me than I knew myself The fortune queen of New Orleans,

The time that you danced with me With no music playing And I don't mind I remember when we kissed I remember til I cry But the one thing I wish I'd forget The memory I wanna forget I can honestly say you've been on my mind Since I woke up today, up today

To show you all something someday Just a face in the crowd To the wind you’re a toy Just a drunk Irish boy I’ll be back around Well, I danced in the arms of a black haired girl In Scollay Square after the war And I drank to get drunk, and sank and I

We knew every line, now I can't remember How it goes but I know that I won't forget her And we danced all night to the best song ever 'Cause we danced all night to the best song ever I think it went oh, oh, oh I think it went yeah, yeah, yeah I think it

Imagine my frustration with no Invitation to dance Wallflower, my dear I went down to the dance Such a clown by the wall Invited to dance By no one at all The couples danced fine So charming and gay

And I want you We can bring it on the floor You’ve never danced like this before We don’t talk about it Dancin' on do the boogie all night long Stoned in paradise, shouldn’t talk about it I want you by my side So that I never feel alone again Shouldn’t

And I’ll spin for you like your favorite records used to And we danced, we danced With windows down, and we danced, we danced You were the song stuck in my head Played again and again and again And you can get what you want but it’s never enough Do you

Dark lady laughed and danced and lit the candles one by one Danced to her gypsy music till her brew was done Dark lady played back magic till the clock struck on the twelve She told me more about me than I knew myself The fortune queen of New Orleans,

And we danced Out there on that empty hardwood floor The chairs up and the lights turned way down low The music played, we held each other close The bar was empty I was sweeping up the floor That's when she walked in I said, I'm sorry but we're closed