I Ain’t Goin’ Back To New Orleans
Words and music by Jim Colegrove
© 2007 Gold Tooth Music, BMI
Well the wind came up
Water came down
Flood came rolling
Had to leave my home town
I ain’t goin’, I ain’t goin’
I ain’t goin’ back to New Orleans
Can’t separate the oil
From the water now
Everything I know
Been changed somehow
I ain’t goin’, I ain’t goin’
I ain’t goin’ back to New Orleans
Don’t wanta be rich
And end up dead
I’d rather be well-off
And alive instead
I ain’t goin’, I ain’t goin’
I ain’t goin’ back to New Orleans
They say the levees
Can be rebuilt
But they won’t build
To stand flood that kills
I ain’t goin’, I ain’t goin’
I ain’t goin’ back to New Orleans
If you see my mother
Tell her I’m OK
Now I’m in Texas
Where I’m gonna stay
I ain’t goin’, I ain’t goin’
I ain’t goin’ back to New Orleans
From the CD titled Scattered on Cool Groove Records CD 106
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