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How it all goes down |
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Sure ain't plain to see |
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Nobody knows for sure |
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How it all came to be |
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Oh, the laughin' faces |
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Behind a painted smile |
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Talk the talk of swing-bop |
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For the people dance its bastard child |
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Talking 'bout |
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New Orleans |
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Nothing here is what it seems |
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Pass down a showbiz dream |
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Well we're talking 'bout |
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New Orleans |
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Talking 'bout |
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New Orleans |
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We've got to jump the way |
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They think we jump all day |
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We got to dance the dance, yeah |
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Just like the white man say |
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For sure we play the game |
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For sure we walk the line |
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We just taking what chances coming |
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Between the nickel and the dime, yeah |
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Talking 'bout |
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New Orleans |
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Nothing's what it seems |
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Pass down the showbiz dream |
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Well I'm talking 'bout |
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New Orleans |
