New Orleans Is Sinking Lyrics - Up To Here - Tragically Hip

Alright 

Bourbon blues on the street 

Loose and complete under skies so smokey blue green 

I can't forsake a dixie dead-shake 

So we danced the sidewalk clean 

My memory is muddy, what's this river that I'm in? 

New Orleans is sinking man and I don't wanna swim 

Colonel Tom, what's wrong? what's going on? 

Can tie yourself up for a deal 

He said, "Hey north you're south, shut you big mouth 

You gotta do what you feel is real" 

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Ain't got no picture postcards, ain't got no souvenirs 

My baby, she don't know me when I'm thinking bout those years 

Pale as a light bulb hanging on a wire 

Sucking up to someone just to stoke the fire 

Picking out the highlights of the scenery 

Saw a little cloud that looked a little like me 

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I had my hands in the river, my feet back up on the banks 

Looked up to the Lord above and said, "Hey, man thanks" 

Sometimes I feel so good, I gotta scream 

She said, "Gordie baby, I know exactly what you mean" 

She said, she said, I swear to God she said 

Oh no, no yeah 

My memory is muddy, what's this river that I'm in? 

New Orleans is sinking man and I don't wanna swim, swim