[Instrumental] [Verse 1] I was just a young woman born in New Orleans When I met an old woman who scared the devil out of me I could feel her in my spirit I could feel her in my soul [Verse 2] I was only sixteen when I first met The Hoodoo Queen of New Orleans She was all around me, she was in control [Pre-Chorus] And there was an old hound dog screaming Hoodoo, do, yeah, you got the Hoodoo in you [Chorus] She said child, you got the calling You got the gift But you gotta believe, yeah, you gotta believe [Verse 3] There are omens inside everywhere Everything's in the bayou I could feel the magic in the air And an old hound dog calling Hoodoo, do Yeah, you got the Hoodoo in you Hoodoo in you Hoodoo in you [Pre-Chorus] I could hear that old hound dog howling Howling at the moonlight She said, I got the Hoodoo gene She said, I got the Hoodoo gene She said, I got the Hoodoo gene I got the Hoodoo [Instrumental] (Hey, oh, hey, the Hoodoo Queen of New Orleans) [Verse 4] Listen to the old ways, listen to the beat Everybody chanting as they bowed at my feet People dancing, fires everywhere Black smoke rising, calling to the saints Black smoke rising [Pre-Chorus] Magic in the air, I felt myself getting weak and growing faint And an old hound dog howling Hoodoo, do Yeah, you got the Hoodoo in you [Chorus] I could hear that old hound dog howling Fading in the distance in the middle of the night I could hear that old hound dog howling Howling at the moonlight She said, I got the Hoodoo gene She said, I got the Hoodoo gene She said, I got the Hoodoo gene I got the Hoodoo [Outro] (Hey, oh, hey, the Hoodoo Queen of New Orleans) (Hoodoo, Hoodoo, Hoodoo, Hoodoo, Hoodoo, Hoodoo, Hoodoo, Hoodoo, Hoodoo, Hoodoo, Hoodoo, Hoodoo, Hoodoo, Hoodoo, Hoodoo, Hoodoo, Hoodoo, Hoodoo, Hoodoo, Hoodoo, Hoodoo, Hoodoo, Hoodoo, Hoodoo, Hoodoo, Hoodoo, Hoodoo, Hoodoo, Hoodoo, Hoodoo, Hoodoo, Hoodoo, Hoodoo, Hoodoo, Hoodoo, Hoodoo, Hoodoo, Hoodoo, Hoodoo, Hoodoo, Hoodoo, Hoodoo, Hoodoo, Hoodoo, Hoodoo, Hoodoo, Hoodoo, Hoodoo, Hoodoo, Hoodoo, Hoodoo, Hoodoo, Hoodoo, Hoodoo, Hoodoo, Hoodoo, Hoodoo, Hoodoo, Hoodoo, Hoodoo, Hoodoo, Hoodoo, Hoodoo, Hoodoo, Hoodoo, Hoodoo, Hoodoo, Hoodoo, Hoodoo, Hoodoo, Hoodoo, Hoodoo, Hoodoo, Hoodoo, Hoodoo, Hoodoo, Hoodoo, Hoodoo, Hoodoo, Hoodoo, Hoodoo, Hoodoo, Hoodoo, Hoodoo, Hoodoo, Hoodoo, Hoodoo, Hoodoo,
