Don't waste you time being angry When a moment's better with a smile If you feel you're time's been wasted Waste it here a while Standing at that bus stop just across from Krauss Waiting for the driver To take me to my heavenly house I'll see you there at the foot of Canal Street What will you wear at the foot of canal street Will the band be playing at the foot of Canal Street What will the people be saying at the foot of Canal Street Does your father lie there does your mother pray there I'm going to put on my golden crown At the foot of Canal Street When the levee banks have over flowed And the street car has seen it's day When all is gone the plantations The Treme' and the Vieux Carre' I'll be swinging to that music Way up on higher ground Where Pops is