House of the Risin' Sun

[Chorus]

There is a house down in New Orleans they call the rising sun

And it's been the ruin of many poor girl and me, oh God, I'm one

[Verse 1]

My mother was a tailor, she sewed these new blue jeans

My sweetheart was a gambler, Lord, down in New Orleans

[Verse 2]

Now the only thing a gambler needs is a suitcase and a trunk

And the only time when he's satisfied is when he's on a drunk

[Verse 3]

He fills his glasses up to the brim and he'll pass the cards around

And the only pleasure he gets out of life is rambling from town to town

[Verse 4]

Oh tell my baby sister not to do what I have done

But shun that house in New Orleans they call the rising sun

[Verse 5]

Well with one foot on the platform and the other foot on the train

I'm going back to New Orleans to wear that ball and chain

[Verse 6]

I'm going back to New Orleans, my race is almost run

I'm going back to end my life down in the rising sun

[Chorus]