(Verse 1, blues guitar and violin) Down in the Quarter where the shadows crawl Drums start beatin’ like a ritual call Smoke from the priestess rises in the heat She’s drawin’ veves in the cracks of the street River says hush, but the city won’t sleep ’Cause something wild crawls up from the deep (Pre-Chorus) Black cats hissin’, bones start to shake You hear a low growl under every heartbreak (Chorus, blues guitar, big full orchestra, blues choir singing backup vocals,fast jig drums ) Ooooh, New Orleans got the voodoo blues Rougarou huntin’ for a soul to use Crossroads burnin’, moon blood-red He’ll take your body when your hope plays dead Can’t outrun what the spirits choose— Baby, that’s the voodoo Rougarou blues (Verse 2) He was cursed by a queen with a serpent’s grin Paid for his secrets with a lifetime sin Walks like a man but his eyes run wild A nightmare born from the swamp’s dark child Gator jaws snap in the water below But even they fear the beast they know (Pre-Chorus, blues chior singing backup vocals ) Hoodoo candles meltin’, shadows twist You feel his breath in the Southern mist (Chorusblues guitar, big full orchestra, fast jig drums) Ooooh, New Orleans got the voodoo blues Rougarou huntin’ for a soul to use Crossroads burnin’, moon blood-red He’ll take your body when your hope plays dead Can’t outrun what the spirits choose— Yeah, that’s the voodoo Rougarou blues (Bridge, slow creepy seductive cello and violin, drums quietly keeping beat) Thirteen charms on the window sill Keep the beast away—well, maybe they will He’s countin’ slow with a wolf-man grin But when he hits twelve, that’s when you let him in Priestess chantin’, spirits cry Even angels won’t come down tonight (Breakdown) Stomp your feet, let the bones all shake Rougarou comin’—no soul’s safe Voodoo runnin’ through the cobblestone He’ll claim your name ‘fore you make it home (Final Chorus blues guitar, big full orchestra, blues choir chanting, fast jig drums exploding) Ooooh, New Orleans got the voodoo blues Rougarou huntin’ for a soul to use Crossroads burnin’, moon blood-red Don’t sell your soul or you’ll wind up dead City’s hummin’ with the old world truths— Honey, that’s the voodoo Rougarou blues
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