New Orleans, New Orleans I got an Angel For New Orleans New Orleans, New Orleans I got an Angel For New Orleans And if I fall in the city of sin She’s gonna rise up and take me in
She was raised on Jesus I believe she’s touched the hands of love She was raised on Jesus I believe she’s touched the hands of love I seen her praying in the dark Speaking to the powers above
The twang in her tongue The curl in her hair The salt in her tears The essence of the flower that she wears Oh...I got an angel And if I fall in the city of sin She’s gonna rise up and take me in
New Orleans, New Orleans I got an Angel For New Orleans New Orleans, New Orleans I got an Angel For New Orleans And if I fall in the city of sin She’s gonna rise up and take me in