Yeah I’m a guitar picker and my name is slim
But if you’re passing by honey then step right in
I’ll play you a tune on this here guitar
And tell you about the time I was nearly, nearly a star
I used too play some rock and roll
Way Down in Old New Orleans
(Old New Orleans)
(Old New Orleans)
I used too sing from the soul
Way Down in Old New Orleans
(Old New Orleans)
(Old New Orleans)
Well it weren’t to hot but it sure was grand
To get a little bit of money in your hand
Singing some rock and roll in Old New Orleans
Yeah we paid our dues
Way down in Louisiana
(Old New Orleans)
(Old New Orleans)
Yeah and we sang the blues
Me and my buddy on piano
(Old New Orleans)
(Old New Orleans)
Yeah one day a big cigar he said “come here son I’m gonna make you a star
And you can drink all the boozed in Louisiana”
Yeah the cigar came from New York town
He said “gonna have to change that sound”
Make it look pretty all the girls going “oh my my my”
But I won’t play how I don’t wanna play
Not even for two thousand dollars a day
The only thing left for me to say was “bye bye bye”
And I still play rock and roll
Way down in Old New Orleans
(Old New Orleans)
(Old New Orleans)
And I sing from the soul
Way down in Old New Orleans
(Old New Orleans)
(Old New Orleans)