E B E B [Verse] E B I was standing on the sidewalk in 1945 E B In Jacksonville, Illinois E B When asked what my name was there came no reply E B They said I was a deaf and sightless half wit boy E B But Louis was my name, though I could not say it E B I was born and raised in New Orleans E B My spirit was wild, so I let the river take it E B On a barge and a prayer upstream E Well, they searched for a mother E And they searched for a father B And they searched till they searched no more E The doctors put to rest their scientific tests B And they named me 'John Doe No. 24' E B And they all shook their heads in pitty E B For a world so silent and dark E Well, there's no doubt that life's a mystery B But so too is the human heart E And it was my heart's own perfume B E B When the crepe jasmine bloomed on saint Morgue Avenue E Though I couldn't hear the bells B E B Of the streetcars coming by toeing the track I knew E B And if I were an old man returning E B With my satchel and porkpie hat E B I'd hit every jazz joint on Bourbon E B And I'd hit everyone on Basin after that [Instrumental] E B E B E B E B E B E B [Verse 2] E The years kept passing as they passed me around B From one state ward to another E B Like I was an orphan shoe from the lost and found E B Always missing the other B And they gave me a harp last Christmas E B And all the nurses took a dance E B But lately I've been growing listless E B I've been dreaming again of the past E I'm wandering down to the banks B E B Of the great Big Muddy where the shotgun houses stand E B I am seven years old and I feel my dad E B Reach out for my hand E B While I drew breath no one missed me E B So they won't on the day that I cease E B Put a sprig of crepe jasmine with me E B To remind me of New Orleans [Outro] E B I was standing on the sidewalk in 1945 E B In Jacksonville, Illinois
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