Queen of New Orleans

Lyrics

[Verse 1] She said, "Baby our love's just like your songs The beat ain't bad but the words are all wrong It's time to pack my bags, it's time to just move on" She sang "Jonny, I'm gone, gone, gone" And she was gone [Verse 2] Me and Leigh met summer '95 In a burgundy dress lookin' finer than a French wine A Cajun queen with another side She was a schoolboy's dream, I was out of my mind She was lookin' fine [Pre-Chorus] She said, "You wanna drive me home?" But what I didn't know [Chorus] Ooh-ooh (Sha-la-la) I was dancin' with the Queen of New Orleans Ooh-ooh (Sha-la-la) Dancin' in the streets of New Orleans Ooh-ooh (Sha-la-la) Dancin' cheek to cheek in New Orleans Ooh-ooh (Sha-la-la) It was almost like a dream (Almost like a dream) [Verse 3] That night I made a move, man, I fell hard When I put my hands in her cookie jar She was more than a girl, she was a cabaret star I was a deer in the lights of a speedin' car [Pre-Chorus] Nothing's what it seems She was a Venus de Milo in her sister's jeans [Chorus] Ooh-ooh (Sha-la-la) I was dancin' with the Queen of New Orleans Ooh-ooh (Sha-la-la) Dancin' in the streets of New Orleans Ooh-ooh (Sha-la-la) Dancin' cheek to cheek in New Orleans Ooh-ooh (Sha-la-la) It was almost like a dream (Almost like a dream) [Instrumental Break] [Chorus] Ooh-ooh (Sha-la-la) I was dancin' with the Queen of New Orleans Ooh-ooh (Ooh-ooh-ooh) (Sha-la-la) Dancin' in the streets of New Orleans Ooh-ooh (Ooh-ooh-ooh) (Sha-la-la) Dancin' cheek to cheek in New Orleans Ooh-ooh (Ooh-ooh-ooh) (Sha-la-la) Dancin' with the Queen down Bourbon Street Ooh-ooh (Ooh-ooh-ooh) (Sha-la-la) Dancin' with the Queen of New Orleans (Oh, yeah-eah-eah, oh yeah) Ooh-ooh (Ooh-ooh-ooh) (Sha-la-la) Dancing in the streets of New Orleans (Oh yeah, New Orleans, yeah) Ooh-ooh (Ooh-ooh-ooh) (Sha-la-la) Nothing's what it seems in New Orleans Ooh-ooh (Ooh-ooh-ooh) (Sha-la-la) (Oh, yeah, yeah) Dancing with the Queen of New Orleans (Nah nah nah nah) [Outro] Ooh-ooh (Ooh-ooh-ooh) (Sha-la-la) Dancin' with the Queen of New Orleans Ooh-ooh (Ooh-ooh-ooh) (Sha-la-la) Dancin' with the Queen of New Orleans Ooh-ooh (Ooh-ooh-ooh) (Sha-la-la) Dancin' with the Queen of New Orleans