It's hard in St. Bernard   There's tears in Algeirs;   No calling for New Orleans,   There's no one here.      So fix yourself a drink,   Pack your things and go;   Last one out the door turn out the lights   And board up the doors.      I wanna go home   Whatever it takes   I wanna go home   When the levee breaks   I wanna go home   Where the streets have holes   I wanna go home   Where the good times roll.      The Ninth Ward's disappeared   Plaquemines overflowed   It's Dante's Inferno in the Superdome.   The inhumanity of this insanity   Could have been prevented oh so easily.      My heart is heavy, feet are dragging   Everywhere it seems   This time even Fats ain't walking   Back to New Orleans.       I wanna go home   Whatever it takes   I wanna go home   When the levee breaks   I wanna go home   Where the streets have holes   I wanna go home   Where the good times roll.      The world is gonna pay   'Cause we'll be everywhere.   There'll be dancing in your streets   And music in your air.   And when that water starts to fall   You won't see us around   Unless you're buying drinks for us    In our home town.      I wanna go home   Whatever it takes   I wanna go home   When the levee breaks   I wanna go home   Where the streets have holes   I wanna go home   Where the good times roll.      I wanna go home   Whatever it takes   I wanna go home   When the levee breaks   I wanna go home   Where the streets have holes   I wanna go home   Where the good times roll.