SEARCH HERE: BROWSE 409412 LYRICS BY ARTIST/BAND NAME: #A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z SITE MENU Last Updates Request Lyrics Submit / Correct Popularity Charts VISITORS Login / Register Your Thoughts My Playlists [ More Tom Waits lyrics ] add to playlist     see a mistake?    comment Artist/Band: Tom Waits Lyrics for Song: I Wish I Was In New Orleans Lyrics for Album: Small Change [1976] Well I wish I was in New Orleans I can see it in my dreams Arm in arm down Burgundy A bottle and my friends and me Hoist up a few tall cool ones Play some pool and listen to that Tenor saxaphone calling me home And I can hear the band begin When The Saints Go Marching In By the whiskers on my chin New Orleans I'll be there I'll drink you under the table Be red nose go for walks The old haunts what I wants Is red beans and rice And wear the dress I like so well Meet me at the old saloon Make sure there's a Dixie moon New Orleans I'll be there And deal the cards roll the dice If it ain't that ole Chuck E. Weiss And Claiborne Avenue me and you Sam Jones and all And I wish I was in New Orleans I can see it in my dreams Arm in arm down Burgundy A bottle and my friends and me New Orleans I'll be there Album Lyrics: Small Change [1976] Tom Waits "Small Change [1976]" 1. Tom Traubert's Blues (Four Sheets To The Wind In C 2. I Wish I Was In New Orleans 3. The Piano Has Been Drinking 4. Bad Liver And A Broken Heart 5. Small Change (Got Rained On With His Own .38)