How it all goes down 
Sure ain't plain to see 
Nobody knows for sure 
How it all came to be 
Oh, the laughin' faces 
Behind a painted smile 
Talk the talk of swing-bop 
For the people dance its bastard child 
Talking 'bout 
New Orleans 
Nothing here is what it seems 
Pass down a showbiz dream 
Well we're talking 'bout 
New Orleans 
Talking 'bout 
New Orleans 
We've got to jump the way 
They think we jump all day 
We got to dance the dance, yeah 
Just like the white man say 
For sure we play the game 
For sure we walk the line 
We just taking what chances coming 
Between the nickel and the dime, yeah 
Talking 'bout 
New Orleans 
Nothing's what it seems 
Pass down the showbiz dream 
Well I'm talking 'bout 
New Orleans