This city won't wash away
This city won't ever drown
Blood in the water and hell to pay
Sky turn grey and the pain rain down
Doesn't matter let it come what may
I ain't ever gonna leave this town
This city won't wash away
This city won't ever drown
Ain't the river or the wind to blame
As everybody around here knows
Nothin' holdin' back Ponchartrain
Except for a prayer and a promise's ghost
We just carry on diggin' our graves
In solid marble above the ground
Maybe our bones will wash away
This city won't ever drown
This city won't ever die
Just as long as her heart beats strong
Like a second line steppin' high'
Raisin' hell as we roll along
Gentilly to Vieux Carre
Lower Nine, Central City, Uptown
Singin' Jock-a-mo Fee-Nah-Nay
This city won't ever drown
Doesn't matter 'cause there ain't no way
I'm ever gonna leave this town
This city won't wash away
This city won't ever drown