standin' in the corner  of toulouse and dauphine  waitin' on marie-ondine  I'm tryin' to place a tune  under a louisiana moonbeam  on the planet of new orleans  in a bar they call the saturn  and in her eyes of green  and somethin' that she said in a dream  inside of my suit I got my mojo root  and a true love figurine  for the planet of new orleans    new orleans - the other planet  with other life upon it  and everythin' that's shakin' in between  if you should ever land upon it  you better know what's on it  the planet of new orleans    now I'm tryin' to find my way  through the rain and the steam  I'm lookin' straight ahead through the screen  and then I heard her say  somethin' in the limousine  'bout taking a ride across the planet of new orleans    if she was an ace  and I was just a jack  and the cards were never seen  we could have been the king and the queen  but she took me back to her courtyard  where magnolia perfume screams  behind the gates and the granite  of the planet of new orleans