Slow down for me, New Orleans

Slow down for me, New Orleans

Lights bright and blinding

Your colors wild and free

Dim them now, those lights,

And come to bed with me

Slow down for me, New Orleans

Streets hum into the early hours

Dogs and night owls howling away

Hush yourself and quiet those roads

Rest your head til the new day

Slow down for me, New Orleans

With your heads bobbing to and fro

They flock about like gulls to a meal

Stop them for me would ya?

You don’t need anyone but me

I see you as you are, you know

You don’t need all those lights

You don’t need these stirring streets

Let me see you as you are, New Orleans,

and slow down for me