House Of The Rising Sun (Complete)

House Of The Rising Sun / The Animals

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House Of The Rising Sun


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There is a house in New Orleans    They call the Rising Sun
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And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy    And God, I know I'm one
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My mother was a tailor    Sewed my new blue jeans
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My father was a gamblin' man    Down in New Orleans
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Now the only thing a gambler needs     A suitcase and a trunk
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And the only time he's satisfied    Is when he's on  a drunk
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[Organ Solo]

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Oh mother, tell your children    Not to do what I have done
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Spend your lives in sin and misery    In the House of the Rising Sun
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Well, I got one foot on the platform    The other foot on the train
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I'm goin' back to New Orleans    To wear that ball and chain
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Well, there is a house in New Orleans    They call the Rising Sun
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And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy    And God, I know I'm one
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