Beads and Bourbon Blues

In New Orleans streets so dark Beads scatter like shattered spark Bourbon burnin' down my throat Grit and pain in every note Beads and bourbon drownin' dreams In the shadows nothin's what it seems Ghosts of delta sing their blues Every night a soul to lose Neon lights just cast a lie Whiskey stares through bloodshot eyes Southern wind whispers regret Chasing down lies to forget Beads and bourbon drownin' dreams In the shadows nothin's what it seems Ghosts of delta sing their blues Every night a soul to lose Mardi Gras masks worn thin Heartbreak's where salvation begins Pour another till I'm free Till the memories break the levee Rain soaks the ancient stones Lonely pavements hum with bones In the city that laughs with sorrow Living for the borrowed tomorrow