Give us funky music in the French Quarter We've got to blow away the blues In the creole cottage, in the slave quarters We've got a funny feeling to lose Came from out of town try to make a good connection Take a look and see what's going down I know I'm gonna find a positive injection The songs are in the air and on the ground Feeling like a slave way out in California Feeling like stubber in New York Keep a fire burning in my heart and my home Feel it in my spirit and my bone Give us funky music in the French Quarter We've got to blow away the blues In the creole cottage, in the slave quarters We've got a funny feeling to lose Sittin on a fence with a noise ordinance Preservation's all that remains Sixteen blues bars, the way things are Down on Decatur and Dumaine Staring at the Natchez, pouring water on a sachet Sitting at the Cafe DuMond Listening to a jug band try to tell a brass band Take it to another part of town Don't let it distress you Hold you and caress you Kiss you, baby, bless you tonight Ooh lala lala ooh lala lalie It's the Groove Baby's Lullabye