There's a moon over Bourbon Street tonight I see faces as they pass beneath the pale lamplight I've no choice but to follow that call The bright lights, the people, and the moon and all I pray every day to be strong For I know what I do must be wrong Oh, you'll never see my shade or hear the sound of my feet While there's a moon over Bourbon Street It was many years ago that I became what I am I was trapped in this life like an innocent lamb Now I can never show my face at noon And you'll only see me walking by the light of the moon The brim of my hat hides the eye of a beast I've the face of a sinner but the hands of a priest Oh, you'll never see my shade or hear the sound of my feet While there's a moon over Bourbon Street She walks everyday through the streets of New Orleans She's innocent and young from a family of means I have stood many times outside her window at night To struggle with my instinct in the pale moonlight How could I be this way when I pray to God above? I must love what I destroy and destroy the thing I love Oh, you'll never see my shade or hear the sound of my feet While there's a moon over Bourbon Street

Everything goes on late here Me and Sally Brown Sitting back in a Cadillac Ain't got no worries at Bourbon Street Bourbon Street Bourbon Street Watching my baby Bourbon Street Bourbon Street Bourbon Street Watching my baby Well, you get on famous Me and Jenny Brown Smoking and talking there I'm so glad I'm on Bourbon Street Bourbon Street Bourbon Street Watching my baby Bourbon Street Bourbon Street Bourbon Street Watching my baby All the people smoke outside Everything is keeping high Come see me, hey, I got the best Is one enough fly to the west And now I know the difference Of me and Johnny's hands Me and moma peanut butter Get your head in your bed Bourbon Street Bourbon Street Bourbon Street Watching my baby Bourbon Street Bourbon Street Bourbon Street Watching my baby All the people smoke outside Everything is keeping high Come see me, hey, I got the best Is one enough fly to the west