by The Band of Heathens
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| Thirty miles on th | e Gulf Stream | I hear the South wind m | oan |
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| The bridges getting l | ower, s | hrimp boats coming home |
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| The old man down in th | e Quarter | slowly turns his | head |
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| Takes a sip from his | whiskey bottle and | this is what he | said |
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| Man came down from C | hicago, he go | nna set that levee ri | ght |
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| He says It needs to be at least | three feet higher | , it won't make it through t | he night. |
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| But the old man down in the Quarte | r, he said don | 't you listen to tha | t boy |
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| The water be down by the mor | ning, and he | 'll be back to Illin | ois |
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| Thirty miles on th | e Gulf Stream | I hear the South wind m | oan |
| Am | Cm | Dm | Am |
| The bridges getting l | ower, s | hrimp boats coming home |
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| The old man down in th | e Quarter | slowly turns his | head |
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| Takes a sip from his | whiskey bottle and | this is what he | said |
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