Standing on the corner of Toulouse and Dauphine
Waitin' on Marie Ondine
I'm tryin' to place a tune under a Louisiana moonbeam
On the planet of New Orleans
In a bar they call The Saturn and in her eyes of green
And somethin' that she said in a dream
Inside of my suit I got my mojo root and a true love figurine
For the planet of New Orleans
New Orleans with other life upon it and everything that's shakin' in between
If you should ever land upon it, you better know what's on it
The planet of New Orleans, yeah
Now I'm tryin' to find my way through the rain and the steam
I'm lookin' straight ahead through the screen
And then I heard her say somethin' in the limousine
'Bout takin' a ride
Across the planet of New Orleans
If she was an ace and I was just a jack and the cards were never seen
We could have been the king and the queen
But she took me on back to her courtyard where magnolia perfume screams
Behind the gates and the granite
Of the planet of New Orleans
New Orleans with other life upon it and everything that's shakin' in between
If you should ever land upon it, you better know what's on it
The planet of New Orleans
With other life upon it and everything that's shakin' in between
If you should ever land upon it, you better know what's on it
The planet of New Orleans
The planet of New Orleans