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