Preservation Hall

On the corner of Dauphine and Dumaine, I picked up a trumpet and I started to play I hit 25 blue notes all in a row, the crowd dispersed headed for the next show A Creole girl taught me to dance watched me kick out my legs and throw up my hands She said there’s room in this city for a guy with no pity, for himself or anybody else [Chorus] I lost every dollar down in the quarter I won ‘em back from all the pimps and the lawyers They threw me their coins, I sang ‘em my songs Now I'm sipping my whiskey down in preservation hall I exposed myself for a couple of beads Got thrown in a Tuba by the NOPD I got blowed by a 400 pound man, saying, get the hell out of my instrument Played my banjo, down in Jackson square, sang out loud so the good lord would know I was there This Spanish moss feels like all the short hairs that grow On my baby where I lay my head when I get home [Chorus] I lost every dollar down in the quarter I won ‘em back from all the pimps and the lawyers They threw me their coins, I sang ‘em my songs Now I'm sipping my whiskey down in Preservation Hall [Instrumental Interlude] [Verse 3] Played my banjo, down in Jackson square Sang out loud so the good lord would know I was there They told me my fortune, they told me it clear They said you go back to Frisco but your heart stays here [Chorus] I lost every dollar down in the quarter I won ‘em back from all the pimps and the lawyers They threw me their coins, I sang ‘em my songs Now I'm sipping my whiskey down in Preservation Hall Now I'm sipping my whiskey down in Preservation Hall