[Intro Spoken Word]
(Heavy rain… thunder rolling across the Mississippi River… soft organ swelling)
Storm coming in over the river tonight…
Streetlights trembling…
Riverboats slowing down…
And somewhere in this city…
Another broken soul learning the blues…
Yeah…
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[Verse 1]
Black clouds hanging over Jackson Square
Cold wind moving through the humid air
Bourbon signs flickering against the rain
Like the city trying to hide its pain
Mississippi rolling restless tonight
Carrying secrets underneath moonlight
While thunder drums above the town
And lonely hearts keep breaking down
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[Pre-Chorus]
Trumpet crying from a rooftop slow
Like heaven mourning down below
And every lightning flash reveal
Some scars time never healed
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[Chorus]
Storm over the Riverwalk tonight
Washing neon through the night
Blues guitar screaming through the rain
Like a soul trying to escape pain
Every thunder roll sound so deep
Like the city itself can’t sleep
Storm over the Riverwalk…
And the blues still calling me
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[Verse 2]
Streetcars crawling through the flooded glow
While jazz clubs move soft and low
Lovers holding close beneath umbrellas tight
Trying to survive this storm tonight
I stood alone beside the river rails
Watching lightning split the veil
And every drop of Louisiana rain
Felt like memories falling again
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[Pre-Chorus]
Organ humming low like prayer tonight
Shadows dancing in blue light
And every note from my guitar strings
Sound like heartbreak with wings
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[Chorus]
Storm over the Riverwalk tonight
Washing neon through the night
Blues guitar screaming through the rain
Like a soul trying to escape pain
Every thunder roll sound so deep
Like the city itself can’t sleep
Storm over the Riverwalk…
And the blues still calling me
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[Bridge Spoken Word]
Some storms flood streets…
Some storms flood memories…
And in New Orleans…
The rain don’t just fall…
It sings…
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[Extended Instrumental Section]
(Long emotional blues guitar solo with cinematic trumpet swells, thunder effects, and gospel organ textures)
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[Final Chorus]
Storm over the Riverwalk tonight
Heaven crying over city lights
Every lonely melody remain
Echoing through the hurricane
And every soul that lost somebody know
Some pain never really go
Storm over the Riverwalk…
Still pouring through my soul tonight
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[Outro]
(Rain slowly fading… lone trumpet echoing in distance)
Mmm…
New Orleans always sound different in the rain…
Like the whole city playing the blues…
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