Steve Earle - This City lyrics

This city won't wash away
This city won't ever drown
Blood in the water and hell to pay
Sky tear open and the pain rained down
Doesn't matter, 'cause come what may
I ain't ever gonna leave this town
This city won't wash away
This city won't ever drown

Ain't the river or the wind to blame
As everybody around here knows
Nothing holding back Pontchartrain
Except for a prayer and a promise's ghost
We just carry on digging our graves
In solid marble above the ground
Maybe our bones will wash away
This city won't ever drown

This city won't ever die
Just as long as her heart beats strong
Like a second line stepping high
Raising hell as we roll along
Genteelly to Vieux Carre
Lower Nine, Central City, Uptown
Singing "Jockamo Fee Na Nay"
This city won't ever drown

Doesn't matter 'cause there ain't no way
I ain't ever gonna leave this town
This city won't wash away
This city won't ever drown