Come back again, old New Orleans Come back again, old city of our dreams We will return, our hearts will win the fight We’ll see the Saints and Angels dancing through the night We will return to our homes again Gulfport, Biloxi and Slidell And as for those who could not help us just to live We’ll try to find it in our hearts just to forgive They laid down hope and walked it like a road Picked up their memories of voodoo and of God Through Vampire days, the nightmare would not sleep The retribution and the promises will keep The hearts still beat, the ghosts are out tonight Along the Pontchartrain the moon is shining bright Crepe Myrtle trees are swaying in the air The train of satin moves like silk upon the stair Come back again, old New Orleans Come back again, old city of our dreams We will return, our hearts will win the fight We’ll see the Saints and Angels dancing through the night We’ll see the Saints and Angels dancing through the night We’ll see the Saints and Angels shimmer in the light In New Orleans In New Orleans In New Orleans