"I Am The Big Easy" lyrics - JENNIFER WARNES

I was born on the edge of the big muddy flow
My daddy was French, my mother Creole
I'm slow and heavy underneath the sun
But I'm more than willing when the night time comes

I'm a well known street, a marching drum
I'm a dancer, a preacher, a sophisticated bum
I'm a wild Tchapatoula, a dice-rolling judge
I'm a barker trying to fool you into a late night club

I am the Big Easy, hit by a storm
Brought to my knees, have mercy Lord
I've got soul, I got heart
All alone, I'm coming out of the dark
I am the Big Easy

I'm a craw fish boil, a funeral parade
I'm a little boy listening to the music play
I'm an old man dancing to the second line beat
I'm a young girl trying to catch Mardi Grass beads

I'm a shot gun house, an uptown streetcar
I'm a big wheel steamer by a full loaded barge
I'm a blues band, a politician
A shoeshine man, I'm a famous musician

I am the Big Easy, hit by a storm
Brought to my knees, have mercy Lord
I've got soul, I got heart
All alone, I'm coming out of the dark
I am the Big Easy

When my levees broke and the water came in
I heard a lot of folks call it the end
But you'd be mistaken if you think me done
I am the Big Easy, I'm the only one

All my children and all of our kin
Go on living like we always been
No matter what happens, don't count me out
Call me New Orleans, the Heart of the South

I am the Big Easy, hit by a storm
Brought to my knees, oh, have mercy Lord
I've got soul, I got heart
All alone, I'm coming out of the dark
I am the Big Easy

I am the Big Easy, hit by a storm
Brought to my knees, have mercy Lord
I've got soul, I got heart
All alone, I'm coming out of the dark
I am the Big Easy

I am
I am The Big Easy