Wake up

I run up to the window

She's standing on the corner

And motions me to follow

I see her in her red shoes

I slip out of the front door

And she starts up her car

She drives

We're heading for the city

That's swimming in her bloodstream

That's pulsing in her heartbeat

I feel it washing over her

As she turns onto Canal street

She's wide awake again

OOh ya

She swears it's in the air, you just have to believe

OOh, OOh

Yes, she comes alive down in New Orleans

We're runnin' by the river

The city lights are blazing

She looks like she could fly off

Like gravity is failing

Somewhere in the distance

A marching band is playing

She's wide awake again

OOh ya

She swears it's in the air, you just have to believe

OOh, OOh

Yes, she comes alive down in New Orleans

Oh, and something in her eyes that I've never seen

When she says to me

"I'm wide awake again"

OOh ya

There's magic in the night down in New Orleans

Take me down to the water

Take me down to the water (New Orleans)

Take me down to the water

No I've never had it figured out

Just a maze I've never known

And suddenly it's making sense

When she shows me all

The roses in the sidewalks

Like angels at her feet

And they're breaking through the pavement

To light her away through New Orleans

Oh, through New Orleans

OOh ya

She swears it's in the air, you just have to believe

OOh, OOh

Yes, she comes alive down in New Orleans

And oh, it's something in her eyes that I've never seen

When she says to me

"I'm wide awake again"

OOh ya

There's magic in the night down in New Orleans

Take me down to the water

Take me down to the water (New Orleans)

Take me down to the water

Take me down to the water

Take me down to the water (New Orleans)