I'm goin' down to New Orleans to see about a friend of mine I'm goin' down to New Orleans and leavin' all of this behind Headin' south from Detroit, I got Cajun cookin' on my mind When I get to New Orleans someone gonna treat me right In a town like New Orleans someone gonna treat me right I'll be high ten rollin' till the early morning break daylight A Jambalaya and a crawfish pie gonna start my day But when the sun goes down we gonna Bon Temps Roulez, hey I'm goin' down to New Orleans to see about a friend of mine I'm goin' down to New Orleans where the stars on the sidewalk shine Burnin' through Mississippi with the Big Easy on my mind And when I get to New Orleans someone gonna treat me right Yeah, in a town like New Orleans someone gonna treat me right And I'ma party like the devil if the Neville brothers play tonight A Jambalaya and a crawfish pie gonna make my day Down on the Bayou singing Hey Pocky Way I'm goin' down to New Orleans to see about a friend of mine Down in New Orleans good peoples there's hard to find I bet he's making gumbo and drinkin' homemade wine A jukebox shakin' and breakin' down in New Orleans I'll be the highest hillbilly that Bourbon Street has ever seen Oh yeah, yeah I'm goin' down to New Orleans to see about a friend of mine I'm goin' down to New Orleans and leavin' all of this behind If the good Lord's willing and the rivers don't start to rise And when I get to New Orleans someone's gonna treat me right Said in a town like New Orleans someone gonna treat me right All the cats in the cradle gonna rock this kid tonight, oh, hey A jukebox shakin' and breakin' down in New Orleans And if you're payin' for fun a French quarters really all you need Down to New Orleans, I'm going down to New Orleans Down to New Orleans, down to New Orleans, yeah Going down, down, down, down, down, down, down tonight Down to New Orleans, down to New Orleans I'm going down to New Orleans, down to New Orleans Down to New Orleans, down to New Orleans Down to New Orleans, yeah, down to New Orleans Going down, down, down, down, down, down, down tonight I said, down to New Orleans, down to New Orleans I'm going down to New Orleans, down to New Orleans Down to New Orleans, yeah, down to New Orleans Down to New Orleans, down to New Orleans Going down, down, down, down, down, down, down tonight Going, going down tonight, yeah