Gave up home
And history
Moved on down 
To New Orleans

Tried to make it
Singing in clubs
Pedal steel
And no overdubs

Made a deal 
With a voodoo master
Get me to the top
That much faster

Now you say you’re here
To take me home
Sorry boy
You’re leaving alone

No phone calls, please
And no e-mails
This city owns me
Can’t you tell?

Don’t ask me questions
I won’t talk
If you approach me
I’ll take a walk

I know every street car
Crack in the pavement
Places I can lay low
Bars to escape in

Because I’m bad news
Not worth the effort
Find another woman
You can do better

I sold my soul
To New Orleans
French Quarter
Guitars and accordions
Mississippi River
Playing for the audience
I sold my soul
To New Orleans

Today’s your flight out
I forgot
Could have marked it on my calendar
But I did not

So save your emotions
For someone else
Here’s a farewell card
Says ‘Go to hell’

Shop next door
Sells souvenirs
A dirty shot glass
I don’t care

If the liquor’s poison
If it tastes like blood
I’ll have another 
Now you better run

I sold my soul
To New Orleans
French Quarter
Guitars and accordions
Mississippi River
Playing for the audience
I sold my soul
To New Orleans

I told you when we met
You’d get hurt
Burned like a match
Swept away like dirt

Hosed down  like garbage
Stuck to Bourbon Street
Broken like a levee
Smoked like meat

Now you left home
And you’re here to stay
I warned you
You’d become my prey

Well, I’ll find you a place 
In my trousseau
Save you for the city
That owns my soul

New Orleans
I’m your devoted bride
The river swells
Fills me up inside

I sold my soul
To New Orleans
French Quarter
Guitars and accordions
Mississippi River
Playing for the audience
I sold my soul
To New Orleans

I Sold My Soul To New Orleans

Slagle Rock