27th wagon, full of cotton   Was parked outside my chicken shack door   I kept my crib covered up in satin   In case my baby came around for more      Now I feel, Daddy, somethin's not the same   'Cause there's weeds and there's rust   And the roof won't hold the rain      I remember better days   Lace in every window and roses 'round the gate   Now they've chased away all my friends   And they've locked me out and hung a sign on the fence   And it says, "This property is condemned"      Take me down the Vieux Carre   Where a little girl can get a bed or a bite   If you should see me coughin' 'round the corner   Won't you mix a little sugar with my tonic tonight?      I can feel like I'm part of the parade   'Cause I feel like there's bourbon   Slappin' around in my veins      I remember better days   Lace in every window and roses 'round the gate   Now they've chased away all my friends   And they've locked me out and hung a sign on the fence   And it says, "This property is condemned"      I got a new tiara, Daddy, take me to the Mardi Gras   Buy me cotton candy, dress me up in flowers   Let me be your baby doll, we can ditch that social worker   In and out the swinging doors on Tchoupitoulas Street   You may call me jail bait but I ain't too little to take the heat      I can feel phantoms blowin' through my brain   And I feel like I need someone to make 'em go away, oh      I remember better days   Lace in every window and roses 'round the gate   Now they've chased away all my friends   And they've locked me out and hung a sign on the fence   And it says, "This property is condemned"      [Incomprehensible]   [Incomprehensible]   [Incomprehensible]