VERSE 1 Locals met us at the gate with a Nixon grin Said "leave your plans behind, let the city in" Jazz Fest by the river, second line in the street Funeral procession had us moving our feet VERSE 2 Hole in the wall at midnight, best band I ever heard Swamp buggy at sundown on somebody's word Beignets at Café Du Monde just before the dawn Hurricanes at Pat O'Brien's till everyone was gone PRE-CHORUS She's always watching from the water Patient like she's got all night Beautiful and still as glass Right up until she bites CHORUS Don't get arrested on Bourbon Street tonight That gator's always circling and she's looking just right She'll smile at you slowly, pull you into the light Don't get arrested on Bourbon Street tonight BRIDGE Swore we'd never come back Said never again New Orleans just smiled And said see you when FINAL CHORUS Don't get arrested on Bourbon Street tonight That gator's always circling and she's looking just right She'll smile at you slowly, pull you into the light Don't get arrested on Bourbon Street tonight
