Lyrics
[Intro]
(Crowd cheering… brass band warming up… snare cadence begins)
Ohhh yeah!
Y’all ready tonight?
Let’s take it to the streets now…
New Orleans style!
Hit that horn!
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[Verse 1]
Down on Rampart where the night lights glow
Brass band cooking while the whiskey flow
Everybody dancing underneath moonlight
Second line moving till the morning light
Old bluesman smiling with his guitar case
Sweat dripping slow from his weathered face
Said “baby blues ain’t always pain”
Sometimes it dance in the pouring rain
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[Pre-Chorus]
Trumpets singing loud tonight
Tambourines shaking under city lights
And every heartbeat in the Quarter streets
Sound like drums underneath my feet
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[Chorus]
Do the Crescent City Shuffle tonight
Wave your handkerchief side to side
Let that blues guitar testify
While them brass horns come alive
From Tremé all the way downtown
Ain’t no sadness when this groove around
Do the Crescent City Shuffle…
Till the sunrise paint the sky
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[Verse 2]
Magnolia perfume floating through the air
Women laughing like they got no cares
Street vendors cooking by the corner store
Whole city moving like a Mardi Gras show
Riverboats humming by the waterfront slow
While old jazz cats steal the show
Every corner got a melody tonight
Every soul glowing underneath neon light
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[Pre-Chorus]
This city breathe rhythm night and day
Turn heartbreak into parade
And every blues scar deep inside
Start healing when the horns collide
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[Chorus]
Do the Crescent City Shuffle tonight
Wave your handkerchief side to side
Let that blues guitar testify
While them brass horns come alive
From Tremé all the way downtown
Ain’t no sadness when this groove around
Do the Crescent City Shuffle…
Till the sunrise paint the sky
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[Bridge]
Somebody shout now!
(Band responds)
“HEY!”
Somebody dance now!
(Band responds)
“HEY!”
Cause in New Orleans…
Even the pain got rhythm…
And even the blues know how to celebrate…
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[Instrumental Break]
(Wild brass band section with blues guitar solo and second-line drum breakdown)
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[Final Chorus]
Do the Crescent City Shuffle tonight
Let your worries fade into the night
Every trumpet scream so alive
Make the whole damn city ignite
From Bourbon Street to Claiborne
Everybody dancing soul to soul
Do the Crescent City Shuffle…
Let the blues set your spirit free tonight
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[Outro]
(Brass band marching away into distance… crowd cheering fades)
Yeahhh…
That’s New Orleans, baby…
Where even heartbreak got a groove…
Mmm…
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