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House of the Rising Sun by The Animals

tags: 1960s, blues, rock, 

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[Verse 1]
      
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There is a house in New Orleans, they call the Risin' 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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[Verse 2]
   
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My mother was a tailor, She sewed my new blue jeans.
   
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My father was a gamblin' man, down in New Or-leans.
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Now, the only thing a gambler needs, is a suitcase and a trunk
        
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And the only time that he's satisfied, is when he's on a drunk
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[Verse 4]
    
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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 risin' sun.
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Well, I've 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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There is a house in New Orleans, they call the Risin' 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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[Outro] 
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