i am the big easy

i was born on the edge of the big muddy floor

my daddy was french

my mother creole

i'm slow and heavy underneath the sun

but i'm more than willing when the nighttime comes

i'm a well-known street

a marchin' drum

i'm a dancer

a preacher

a sophisticated bum

i'm a wild tchoupitoula

a dice-rollin' judge

i'm a barker tryin' to fool you into a late-night club

i'm the big easy

hit by a storm

run to my knees

have mercy

lord

i've got soul

i've got heart

all alone

i'm comin' out of the dark

i am the big easy

i'm a crawfish boil

a funeral parade

i'm a little boy listening to the music played

i'm an old man dancin' to the second-line beat

i'm a young girl trying to catch some mardi gras beads

i'm a shotgun house

an uptown street car

i'm a big wheel steamer by a full-loaded barge

i'm a blues band

a politician

a shoeshine man

i'm a famous musician

i'm the big easy

hit by a storm

run to my knees

have mercy

lord

i've got soul

i've got heart

all alone

i'm comin' out of the dark

i am the big easy

when my levis broke and the water came in

i heard a lot of folks call it the end

but you'd be mistaken if you think me done

i'm the big easy

i'm the only one

all of my children

and all of our kin

go on livin' like we always been

no matter what happens

don't count me out

call me new orleans

the heart of the south

i'm the big easy

hit by a storm

run to my knees

oh

have mercy

lord

i've got soul

i've got heart

all alone

i'm comin' out of the dark

i am the big easy

i'm the big easy

hit by a storm

run to my knees

have mercy

lord

i've got soul

i've got heart

all alone

i'm comin' out of the dark

i am the big easy

i am

i am the big easy