Lyrics

MOTHER NEW ORLEANS
(Champeaux and Sherman)
Mother New Orleans
It’s your prodigal child
Have you forsaken me or are your arms open wide
I know I have strayed lord walked a crooked path
How long I have wondered will this exile last
Mother New Orleans it’s been too long since I’ve seen that smile
Mother New Orleans
I promise you this time I’ll try
Try to stay faithful
Be loyal only to you 
On my knees I will testify if you lie I’ll swear it’s true
Give me 24 hours let me do as I please 
Meet the boys on the battlefront
Valence and Magazine
Mother New Orleans it’s been too long since I’ve seen that smile
Mother New Orleans
I promise you this time I’ll try
So the Sisters of Annunciation
They required a second toast 
Saints and Sinners still line the Avenue 
The Fathers The Sons The Unholy Ghosts
Mother New Orleans
Still your prodigal child 
Have you forsaken me or are your arms open wide 
I know I have strayed lord
Walked a crooked path 
How long I have wondered will this exile last
Mother New Orleans It’s been too long since I’ve seen that smile
Mother New Orleans
I promise you this time I’ll try