Standin' in the corner
Of toulouse and dauphine
Waitin' on marie-ondine

I'm tryin' to place a tune
Under a louisiana moonbeam
On the planet of New Orleans

In a bar they call the saturn
And in her eyes of green
And somethin' that she said in a dream

Inside of my suit I got my mojo root
And a true love figurine
For the planet of new orleans


New Orleans - the other planet
With other life upon it

And everythin' that's shakin' in between
If you should ever land upon it
You better know what's on it

The planet of New Orleans

Now I'm tryin' to find my way

Through the rain and the steam
I'm lookin' straight ahead through the screen
And then I heard her say

Somethin' in the limousine
'bout taking a ride across the planet of New Orleans


If she was an ace
And I was just a jack
And the cards were never seen

We could have been the king and the queen
But she took me back to her courtyard
Where magnolia perfume screams

Behind the gates and the granite
Of the planet of New Orleans