Lyrics

[Chorus] There is a house in New Orleans They call the Rising Sun And it's been the ruin of many a poor woman And God only knows I know I'm one, yeah [Verse 1] My mother she worked for nothing She sewed my new blue jeans And my father was a gambling man Down in New Orleans [Verse 2] Now you could be a stranger A prophet or a king And still they'll leave you dying down there Down in New Orleans [Verse 3] Now the only thing a gambler needs Is a suitcase and trunk And the only time he's satisfied Is when he's on the drunk [Verse 4] Well mother, tell your children Not to do what I have done Spend your lives in sin and misery In the House of the Rising Sun [Verse 5] Well, I got one foot on the platform, yeah The other foot on the train I'm going back to New Orleans To wear that ball and chain [Chorus] Now there is, there's a house in New Orleans They call the Rising Sun, oh And it's been, been the ruin of many a younh woman And God only knows I know I'm one, yes And God only knows I know I'm one