This City Lyrics - I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive - Steve Earle

This city won't wash away 

This city ever drown 

Blood in the water and hell to pay 

Sky tear open and pain rain down 

Doesn't matter 'cause come what may 

I ain't ever gonna leave this town 

This city won't wash away 

This city won't ever drown 

Ain't the river or the wind to blame 

Every around here knows 

Nothin' holdin' back Ponchartrain 

Except for a prayer and a promise's ghost 

We just carry on diggin' our graves 

In solid marble above the ground 

Maybe our bones'll wash away 

But this city won't ever drown 

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This city won't ever die 

Just as long as her heart beats strong 

Like a second line steppin' high' 

Raisin' hell as we roll along 

Gently to the Vieux Carre 

Lower Nine, Central City, Uptown 

Singin' Jacamo Fee-Nah-Nay 

This city won't ever drown 

Doesn't matter 'cause there ain't no way 

I'm ever gonna leave this town 

This city won't wash away 

This city won't ever drown 

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