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Life just won\'t be the same\r\nBut it will go on\r\nThe New Orleans that we knew\r\nWill forever be in our hearts\r\n\r\nSnowballs, Poboys, Crawfish Etoufee\r\nShrimp Creole, Gumbo\r\nAnd a little Casino Play\r\n\r\nGoing uptown to see family\r\nDriving downtown\r\nTo see Tyler Perry\r\n\r\nOh, what a change, what a heartache\r\nTo wake and see\r\nOur precious city washed away\r\n\r\nSt. Aug, Brother Martin, Redeemer --\r\nSeton and Xavier Prep, St. Mary\'s, Fortier\r\nKennedy, Carver and Warren Easton, X.U., Dillard\r\nTulane, Loyola, UNO, SUNO and Street Academy\r\n\r\nLife on the porch\r\nTalking \'bout scenes on the street\r\nWhile children play B-Ball\r\nAnd chill on the corner\r\n\r\nMonday night Redbeans\r\nAnd Friday night games\r\n\"Who Let The Dogs Out\"\r\nOur Saints will never be the same (we hope)\r\n\r\nLundi Gras, Zulu meets Rex, Mardi Gras\r\n\"Throw me something Mister\"\r\n\r\nAsh Wednesday, going get ashes\r\nWash our sins away\r\nBig Chief, Eh La Bah, Super Sunday\r\nSecond Line in the hood\r\n\r\nNOPD, NOFD, school teachers, professors, S&WB\r\nEntergy, let me pay half this month\r\nGotta pay Bell South\r\nGirl, don\'t forget Cox Cable\r\nGot to catch the school board meetings\r\nAnd Hester\'s mouth\r\n\r\nGoing to Barrow\'s\r\nFriday night Fish Fry\r\nSuppers sold \'round the city -\r\nGoing on a bus ride?\r\n\r\nThey now call us refugees\r\nEvacuees of Katrina\r\nHell, just call us New Orleanians\r\n\'Cause that\'s who and what\r\nWe will forever be\r\n\r\nGod Bless the tens of thousands\r\nWho couldn\'t get out\r\nWho saw family washed away\r\nAnd float about\r\n\r\nGod Bless my family members\r\nThat I cannot find\r\nI can only pray for the best\r\nAnd rely on time\r\n\r\nThe flooding stopped\r\nIn New Orleans\r\nBut the tears from our eyes\r\nWill continue to rise\r\n\r\nAnd New Orleans will forever be in our hearts\r\n...until we meet again