Steve Earle — This City

[Verse] This city won't wash away This city won't ever drown Blood in the water and hell to pay Sky tear open and the pain rained down Doesn't matter, 'cause come what may I ain't ever gonna leave this town This city won't wash away This city won't ever drown [Verse] Ain't the river or the wind to blame As everybody around here knows Nothing holding back Pontchartrain Except for a prayer and a promise's ghost We just carry on digging our graves In solid marble above the ground Maybe our bones will wash away This city won't ever drown [Verse] This city won't ever die Just as long as her heart beats strong Like a second line stepping high Raising hell as we roll along Genteelly to Vieux Carre Lower Nine, Central City, Uptown Singing "Jockamo Fee Na Nay" This city won't ever drown [Verse] Doesn't matter 'cause there ain't no way I ain't ever gonna leave this town This city won't wash away This city won't ever drown