Lyrics New Orleans Blues Joys - Jelly Roll Morton

I was out here playing devilish games
So it′s only right i ended up,
Set up in flames I'm a grown man now, so I′ll never complain
I'm addicted to pain and being left in the
Rain I just sit and think about what I never became

I pray everyday that I'm ready for change
They say once it′s bad it′s never the same
It's like my car broke down on memory lane
I can′t wait 'til I get to face all the critics
That ain′t never had to face the decisions that I have
To know if they would've made the same ones
Shut the fuck up you don′t get paid to hate for a livin'

It so easy to point your finger 'n judge
Hop in the pig pen ′n get to slingin′ the mud
Everything we was everything we become
Every war that we won everything that I've done
Ha

Lord can you hear my prayer
There′s something about this city I can feel I swear
I'm on my way god ′cuz you really there
Alabama to mississippi now I'm almost there
Before I felt your presence I was almost scared
A drink with the devil I was almost shared
Now I′m headed to the delta where no one cares
Where our souls are bared and loneliness is shared

In the darkness where the heartless and demons scream
Been tryin' to come clean but it ain't what it seems
I found a nightmare in my dreams
Down in new orleans

The darkness where the heartless and demons scream
Been tryin′ to come clean but it ain′t what it seems
I found a nightmare in my dreams
Down in new orleans

Heard a rumor they was comin' for me
Saw a glimpse to the future, I was smilin′ countin' blood money
Walkin′ down the dark alley, street lights flickerin'
Everything around me seems so different
Figurin′ I must be lost, bad feelin' in my gut I gotta dust it off
I got a chip on my shoulder better brush it off
I keep reachin' for the gun havin′ crazy thoughts

I heard a mother cry, tears fallin′ from her old eyes
Petals drop as a rose dies, see it clear wit her closed eyes
Gunshot then the crow flies, night fall and the smoke rise
Couldn't see the beauty inside all of the darkness
Vengeance and love will get confused with being heartless
Heartless cross me out for a couple dollars
Runnin′ with the devil n' wonder why trouble always follow

Standin′ in the street surrounded by my past
Every sin I ever committed attackin' me at last
Saw karma′s face in a black hoodie
With some gold teeth 'n heard the police
Heard a loud scream, seen the barrel flash
Felt the sharp pain and now I can't breath
Woke up from a dream in new orleans
Put my hands up as the choir sings

In the darkness where the heartless and demons scream
Been tryin′ to come clean, but it ain′t what it seems
I found a nightmare in my dreams
Down in new orleans

The darkness where the heartless and demons scream
Been tryin' to come clean, but it ain′t what it seems
I found a nightmare in my dreams
Down in new orleans

In the darkness where the heartless and demons scream
Been tryin' to come clean, but it ain′t what it seems
I found a nightmare in my dreams
Down in new orleans