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Wish This Was New Orleans Lyrics by Pert Near Sandstone

Hardest Part of Leaving

2014

[Verse]
My day is just like yours counting big hands on hours
Pulling open all the same old doors
We can’t separate from the ticking of the day
Or the future moments that are slipping away
[Verse]
I wish I was in New Orleans beneath the trees of green
Swaddled in the mossy reaches of her river dream
When that wind whips up and is blowing down the street
I can hear the band is playing joyful melodies
[Chorus]
Wish this was New Orleans
This could New Orleans
This should be you and me
Down in New Orleans
[Verse]
I walked to the railroad I looked еast & I looked west
I walked back homе and then I tidied up my nest
July got me excited but August wasn’t good
September came and went the way I wish October would
[Veres]
If this were New Orleans I’d be recording inventory
Of her soft property written on tender leaves
Give me vegetation enough to get lost in
To wallow in her vision while she’s blossoming
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
Salt over the shoulder for better days to come
Dropped a coin on the sidewalk and left it for a bum
My feathers have been plucked amd I’m running out of years
Clothes have been folded but I can’t get out of here
[Verse]
If I were in Vieux Carre I’d wear my nice hat everyday
I’d spend my free time wandering the promenade
Dancing with parades down the cobblestone lanes
In the warm winter sun and the cool summer rain
[Chorus] x2
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Pert Near Sandstone

Pert Near Sandstone

About “Wish This Was New Orleans” by Pert Near Sandstone

Read the complete lyrics to "Wish This Was New Orleans" by Pert Near Sandstone from the album "Hardest Part of Leaving" in 2014. On Lyrks you can follow along with the full text, explore the artist's discography, and discover related songs. The track is often categorized under Americana, American Folk, Roots.

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"Wish This Was New Orleans" is credited to Pert Near Sandstone. Songwriting credits may include additional writers listed on the release; check the credits section on this page for linked collaborators.

"Wish This Was New Orleans" appears on "Hardest Part of Leaving" in 2014.

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