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Life just won't be the same But it will go on The New Orleans that we knew Will forever be in our hearts

Snowballs, Poboys, Crawfish Etoufee Shrimp Creole, Gumbo And a little Casino Play

Going uptown to see family Driving downtown To see Tyler Perry

Oh, what a change, what a heartache To wake and see Our precious city washed away

St. Aug, Brother Martin, Redeemer -- Seton and Xavier Prep, St. Mary's, Fortier Kennedy, Carver and Warren Easton, X.U., Dillard Tulane, Loyola, UNO, SUNO and Street Academy

Life on the porch Talking 'bout scenes on the street While children play B-Ball And chill on the corner

Monday night Redbeans And Friday night games "Who Let The Dogs Out" Our Saints will never be the same (we hope)

Lundi Gras, Zulu meets Rex, Mardi Gras "Throw me something Mister"

Ash Wednesday, going get ashes Wash our sins away Big Chief, Eh La Bah, Super Sunday Second Line in the hood

NOPD, NOFD, school teachers, professors, S&WB Entergy, let me pay half this month Gotta pay Bell South Girl, don't forget Cox Cable Got to catch the school board meetings And Hester's mouth

Going to Barrow's Friday night Fish Fry Suppers sold 'round the city - Going on a bus ride?

They now call us refugees Evacuees of Katrina Hell, just call us New Orleanians 'Cause that's who and what We will forever be

God Bless the tens of thousands Who couldn't get out Who saw family washed away And float about

God Bless my family members That I cannot find I can only pray for the best And rely on time

The flooding stopped In New Orleans But the tears from our eyes Will continue to rise

And New Orleans will forever be in our hearts ...until we meet again