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On the water down in New Orleans
My baby's the pearl of the quarter
She's a charmer like you never seen
Singing "voulez-voulez-voulez-vous"
Where the sailor spend his hard-earned pay
Red beans and rice for a quarter
You can see her almost any day
Singing "voulez-voulez-voulez-vous"
And if you hear from my Louise
Won't you tell her I say hello?
Please make it clear
When her day is done
She got a place to go
I walked alone down the miracle mile
I met my baby by the shrine of the martyr
She stole my heart with her Cajun smile
Singing "voulez-voulez-voulez-vous"
She loved the million dollar words I'd say
She loved the candy and the flowers that I bought her
She said she loved me and was on her way
Singing "voulez-voulez-voulez-vous
And if you hear from my Louise
Won't you tell her I love her so?
Please make it clear
When her day is done
She got a place to go
And if you hear from my Louise
Won't you tell her I love her so?
Please make it clear
When her day is done
She got a place to go
My baby's the pearl of the quarter
She's a charmer like you never seen
Singing "voulez-voulez-voulez-vous"
Where the sailor spend his hard-earned pay
Red beans and rice for a quarter
You can see her almost any day
Singing "voulez-voulez-voulez-vous"
And if you hear from my Louise
Won't you tell her I say hello?
Please make it clear
When her day is done
She got a place to go
I walked alone down the miracle mile
I met my baby by the shrine of the martyr
She stole my heart with her Cajun smile
Singing "voulez-voulez-voulez-vous"
She loved the million dollar words I'd say
She loved the candy and the flowers that I bought her
She said she loved me and was on her way
Singing "voulez-voulez-voulez-vous
And if you hear from my Louise
Won't you tell her I love her so?
Please make it clear
When her day is done
She got a place to go
And if you hear from my Louise
Won't you tell her I love her so?
Please make it clear
When her day is done
She got a place to go
Lyrics submitted by GaslitAbbie
Pearl of the Quarter Lyrics as written by Donald Jay Fagen Walter Carl Becker
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Royalty Network
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Moldering facades of apartments in the French Quarter / overwhelming sadness in the pedal steel guitar / imagining Louise's face / the shrine of the martyr / someone who died at the hands of sinful humanity / the world's oldest profession / unrequited love / musical notes that turn into tears...
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