Woke up in this dream

Grinding an oar

Goin down rivers and streams

Once familiar

And I heard a cry out from the wilderness

Someone needed love like they never had yet

And as far as I could see

Abandoned souls

And all signs were written

No love for the poor (No love for the poor )

At the cross roads we pray (oh)

Were at cross roads everyday (oh)

I was taken by the wind and placed on solid ground

In a familiar place that's now a ghost town

I heard a voice say that love is on the way

As sure as the sun comes for the new day (a new day)

And as far as i could see

Abandoned souls (abandoned souls)

And all signs were written

No love for the poor (No love for the poor )

At the cross roads we pray (oh)

We're at cross roads everyday (oh)

At the cross roads were we pray (oh)

And all sign were written (oh)

At the cross roads there we pray (oh)

And all sign were written (oh)

(oh)

Gypsy Woman got my

Mind in a wonder

Heart pound like thunder

I can hardly breath

Caramel mocha gypsy queen

Down by the river

Down in New Orleans

I call her out

She said don't make a scene

Caramel mocha gypsy queen

Caramel mocha gypsy queen

And she said

(Take your time) Take your time

Gotta find motive

(Take your time) Take your time

Got to move slowly

Slowly slowly slowly

Saw her in the sky

From across the sea

Cleopatra Nola

Mississippi Queen

Caramel mocha gypsy queen (gypsy queen)

And she said

I'll come to you tonight keep you company

I'll come to you tonight boy

In your dreams

Caramel mocha gypsy queen (gypsy queen)

Caramel mocha gypsy queen (gypsy queen)

And she said

(Take your time) Take your time

Gotta find motive

(Take your time) Take your time

Got to move slowly

Slowly Slowly Slowly

Saw her in the sky

From across the sea

Cleopatra Nola

Mississippi Queen

Caramel mocha gypsy queen (gypsy queen)

And she said

I'll come to you tonight keep you company

I'll come to you tonight boy

In your dreams

Caramel mocha gypsy queen (gypsy queen)

Caramel mocha gypsy queen (gypsy queen)

And she said

(Take your time) Take your time

Gotta find motive

(Take your time) Take your time

Got to move slowly

And she said

(Take your time) Take your time

Gotta find motive(Take your time baby)

Take your time

(Take your time) Got to move slowly (yeah take your time baby)

Slowly Slowly Slowly

(Take your time) Oh baby take your time baby

Oh baby

(Take your time)Take your time baby

Ah ah oh (Take your time)

take your time (Take your time)

Oh ah

Take your time baby (Take your time)

Take your time baby

Take your time baby (Take your time)

Oh yes

(Take your time) Slowly slowly slowly

Just go (Take your time) slowly slowly slowly

Uh slowly slowly

Take your time

Oh take your time

Mh mh

(The box bangers)

Whole house jumpin'

Gone be awhile

Get up baby

We gone rock a while

Go call cousin

Ann and Sue

Tell all their friends

To all come through

We gonna shake the house foundation

Tear the roof off too

Dance the tile off the floor

You know how we do

Someone call the Sheriff

the fire department too

Crime done been committed

Flames done broke through

‘Cause the whole house jumpin'

Gone be a while

Get up baby

We gone rock a while

We gone rock a while

Music playin' real loud

You can smell the barbecue

Party like Mardi Gras

On Bourbon Street too

The festival at the racetrack

On River Front too

Get down on the ground on the Bayou

‘Cause the whole house jumpin'

Gone be a while

Get up baby

We gone rock a while

We gone rock a while

We gone rock a while

We gone rock a while

Call 'em out from Treme

Bywater too

Bring 'em down from Uptown

Cross the river too

Call 'em out the east

The whole city too

Tell your friends

From out the parish

To all come through

‘Cause the whole house jumpin

Gone be awhile

Get up baby

We gone rock a while

We gone rock a while

We gone rock a while

We gone rock a while

We gone rock a while

We gone rock a while

We gone rock a while

Don't let the sun

Get you when the night has fade

A new day has dawned

You never know what unfolds

When the role you've played is done

The sun never goes down in the town

At the river bend

The Mississippi flows

Music grows

Night and day

You feel it to the end

Don't let the sun

Get you when the night has fade

A new day has dawned

You never know what unfolds

When the role you've played is done

Oak trees line Esplanade

From the river to the park

The stories they hold

Are never told

To those who walk the promenade

They dance in the streets

Drink in their sleep

Visit this grave yard city

That houses Marie

Don't let the sun

Get you when the night has fade

A new day has dawned

Never know what unfolds

When the role you've played is done

Don't let the sun

Get you when the night has fade

A new day has dawned

Never know what unfolds

When the role you've played is done

And when you get to the end

Remember no foe or friend

You've heard the folklore music grows

You can't call them by name

They dance in the streets

Drink in their sleep

You visit this grave yard city

That houses Marie

Don't let the sun

Get you when the night has fade

A new day has dawned

You never know what unfolds

When the role you've played is done

Don't let the sun

Get you when the night has fade

A new day has dawned

Never know what unfolds

When the role you've played is done

Never know what unfolds

When the role you've played is done

Never know what unfolds

When the role you've played is done

Never know what unfolds

When the role you've played is done

How can I reach you

To sit and talk

Time and space between

Ethereal thoughts

And how is love to define

Mere words I create in these lines

You move across my astral mind

Petals from flowers of all kind

Scent I remember dream to keep

Time when hearts can't be breached

Oh the stars I've counted in your eyes

Lips of fruit that can't be disguised

My mind has made love to you

On a distant planet thousands suns of blue

Your voice the sound loves

Loves melody

I dreamt this dream

On the bottom of the sea

And I say (how does love)

How is love to define

Mere words I create in these lines

(How is love)

How is love to define

Mere words I create in these lines

How is love to define (oh)

How is love to define (oh)

How is love how is love

To define

How

Oh the stars I've counted in your eyes

Lips of fruit that can't be described

My mind has made love to you

On a distant planet thousands sun of blue

Your voice the sound loves

Loves melody

I dreamt this dream

At the bottom of the sea

And I say (how does love)

How is love to define

Mere words I create in these lines

(How is love)

How is love to define

Mere words I create in these lines

(How is love)

How is love to define

How is love to define

(How is love)

How is love to define

How is love to define

She walks in

I've never seen a beauty

Such as she

I've never been

Kissed before in my life

Now that's love made right

A sleepless dream

My imagination runs wild

Like a child with their favorite toy

What a joy it brings

Now that's love made right

Now love's made right

Now that's love made right

Now love's made right

(oh) love made right

(oh) love made right

(oh)

A touch I've never had before

Soft as a cloud from a memory stored

I keep close to me

And her scent it's from a time near yet ancient

As she lay close to me

Her breath gives me life

Now that's love made right

Now love's made right

Now that's love made right

Now love's made right

(oh) love made right

(oh) love made right

(oh)

A touch I've never had before

Soft as a cloud from a memory stored

I keep close to me

And her scent it's from a time near yet ancient

As she lay close to me

Her breath gives me life

Now that's love made right

Now love's made right

Now that's love made right

Now (oh) love's made right

(oh) love made right

(oh) love made right

Now that I found myself

The way is clear

After battle fronts

All these years

Leaves of change

Are upon us

Faced all fear

(oh) I am fruit that is gathered

(ah) Before the fall

(ah oh)

Sun shines every day

For one and all

Moon lights the night sky

With the stars

Earth sits in the galaxy

We all are one

(oh) I am fruit that is gathered

(ah) Before the fall

(ah )

Now that the waves have calm

The sea is at rest

The skies are bright and clear

The isle in the distance

Could be a place

Where we can rest (Where we can rest)

Where we can rest

Where we can rest

(oh)

Now that I found myself

The way is clear

After battle fronts

All these years

The leaves of change

Are upon us

Faced all fear

(oh) I am fruit that is gathered

(ah) Before the fall

(ah) I am the fruit

Before the fall

Before the fall

Before the fall

I remember those days

I remember those times

We shared breakfast

In the middle of the night

My friend, my kin, my country

Those times are gone

Removed far from home

Wandering abroad

In some unknown places

Wanting for love ones

A familiar face

In these streets

There is a message

It echoes like a quiet storm

Count all your blessings

'Cause the road home

Twice as long (Twice as long)

I remember those days

I remember those nights

We parade down political lines

My friend, my kin, my country

The fight is so strong

With abundant martyrdom

We stand from South Liberty to the Ninth Ward

Wanting for love ones

A familiar face

(oh) In these streets

There is a message (a message)

(oh) It echoes like a quiet storm (a quiet storm)

(oh) Count all your blessings (your blessings)

(oh) 'Cause the road home

Twice as long (Twice as long)

(oh)

Oh well well well

I remember those days

I remember those nights

We parade down political lines

My friend, my kin, my country

The fight is so strong

With abundant martyrdom

We stand from South Liberty to the Ninth Ward

Wanting for love ones

A familiar face

(oh) In these streets

There is a message (a message)

(oh) It echoes like a quiet storm (a quiet storm)

(oh) Count all your blessings (your blessings)

(oh) 'Cause the road home

Twice as long (Twice as long)

(oh) In these streets

There is a message (a message)

(oh) It echoes like a quiet storm (a quiet storm)

(oh) Count all your blessings (your blessings)

(oh) 'Cause the road home

Twice as long (Twice as long)

(oh) The road home, twice as long

(oh) The road home, twice as long

(oh) The road home, twice as long

(oh)