Jelly Roll, Struggle Jennings - New Orleans lyrics

I was out here playin' devilish games
So it's only right I ended
Up set up in flames
I'm a grown man so I'll never complain
I'm addicted to pain and bein'
Left in the rain i just sit and think about
What I never became
I pray everyday that I'm ready to change
They say once it's bad that
It's never the same
It's like my car broke down on memory lane
I can't wait 'til I face all the critics
That ain't never had to face
The decisions that I had
To know if they had made the
Same ones shut the fuck up
You don't get paid to hate for a livin'
It's so easy to point your finger and judge
Hop in the pig pen and
Get to swingin' the mud
Everything that we was
Everything we've become
Every war that we won
Everything that I've done
Ha, Lord can you hear my prayer
It's somethin' 'bout the city I
Can feel I swear
I'm on my way God 'cause you're really there
Alabama to Mississippi, now I'm almost there
Before I felt your presence
I was almost scared
A trade with the Devil I was almost shared
Now I'm headed to the delta
Where no one cares
Where our souls are buried
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 into the future I
Was smilin' countin' blood money
Walkin' down the dark alley
Street lights flickerin'
Everything around me seemed 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 cryin' tears
Fallen from her old eyes
Pedal drops as a rose dies
See it clear with 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 I get
Confused with being heartless
Heartless cross me out for a couple dollars
Runnin' with the Devil and
Wonder what trouble follows
Standin' in the street, surrounded by my past
Every sin I ever committed
Is takin' me at last
Saw karma's face in a black hoodie
With some gold teeth, and 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
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