Black 47 - VooDoo City lyrics

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Paddy came down to Voodoo City

Met a lady on Bourbon Street

She was dark, she was beautiful

Swept that boy right off his feet

Runnin' from the man in New York City

I fled down south to beat the chill

But the Ice Man had me in his sights

For one too many unpaid bills

Oh oh oh oh voodoo city

Oh oh oh oh voodoo world

Oh oh oh oh voodoo city

For God sakes keep your hands off my voodoo girl

Marie Laveau was the lady in question

I fell beneath her crescent spell

Nights spent drinkin' in the Quarter

Soon turned into a living hell

She said she knew how to protect me

From all the evil in my past

But New York is not scorned so easy

Iceman tracked me down at last

Oh oh oh oh voodoo city

Oh oh oh oh voodoo world

Oh oh oh oh voodoo city

For God sakes keep your hands off my voodoo girl

Moonlight on the lazy river

Mist around the old gaslight

Heard his footsteps on Toulouse Street

Disappear into the creole night

Candle waver on the altar

Marie, she dance on the naked floor

Flame light up her sacred body

I hear a key turn in the door

I scream at her "you have betrayed me"

The hurt explodes inside her eyes

She throws herself across my body

The bullet chokes her voodoo cries

A raven rises from her body

The Iceman stares in disbelief

I crash through her garret window

Race like fire down Bourbon Street