"Bourbon Street Taps"
lyrics
Bourbon Street Taps


I saw little boys dancin
Wearin daddy shoes
In rhythms you wont find on any maps
That old slate sidewalk
Has been slowly chipped away
But the sparks still fly from those Bourbon Street taps

I heard the blues blow
From a funeral parade
All parasols and feathers in their caps
That cobbled side street
Is a highway paved in gold
When the band kicks into Bourbon Street taps

Anything for sale
Turns into everything for sale
But how those colors pale
When no one can remember how the horn could wail

Those little boys dancin
Still wearin daddy shoes
But now the tips go into some corporations hat
Aint nothing special
If everyday is Mardi Gras
And the suits ran off with those Bourbon Street taps
And I hear Satchmo blowin down on Bourbon Street

Copyright 2004 John Korbel