I took a walk in a crowded town   Where if you breathe too deeply   You're likely to drown   But the air's not as thick as the sin I found   In New Orleans.      Rainbow necks on drunken girls   Who'd sell their souls for a string of pearls   I hope there's no place in the world   Like New Orleans      New Orleans is a spooky place   You can see the devil smiling in every face   Voodoo babies put their pins in place   In New Orleans      I took a walk in a crowded town   I saw a dark boy get beaten down   I watched him turn to a reddish brown   In New Orleans      I held his hand and I sang my song   I was lying when I told him there was nothing wrong   I won't be back for sometime long   Not in New Orleans      New Orleans is a spooky place   You can see the devil smiling in every face   Voodoo babies put their pins in place   In New Orleans