Story Behind The Song
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON I WAS IN ONE OF MY MOODS...I WANTED TO RECORD A SONG PEOPLE WOULDN'T EXPECT FROM ME...I HOPE THIS IS A SONG YOU WOULDN'T NORMALLY ASSOCIATE ME WITH...ENJOY...
Song Description
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON I WAS IN ONE OF MY MOODS...I WANTED TO RECORD A SONG PEOPLE WOULDN'T EXPECT FROM ME...I HOPE THIS IS A SONG YOU WOULDN'T NORMALLY ASSOCIATE ME WITH...ENJOY...
| Song Length |
4:20 |
Genre |
Blues - Traditional, Blues - General |
| Tempo |
Medium (111 - 130) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Mad, Disturbed |
Subject |
Existence, Life |
| Similar Artists |
The Allman Brothers Band, Albert King |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
There is a house in New Orleans
They call the Rising Sun
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
And God, I know I'm one
My mother was a tailor
She sewed my new blue jeans
My father was a gamblin' man
Down in New Orleans
Now the only thing a gambler needs
Is a suitcase and his trunk
And the only time he's satisfied
Is when he's all drunk
Oh, mother, tell your children
Not to do what I have done
Spend your lives in sin and misery
In the house of the rising sun
Well, I got one foot on the platform
The other foot on the train
I'm goin' back to New Orleans
To wear that ball and chain
Well, there is a house in New Orleans
They call the Rising Sun
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
And God, I know I'm one