I'm going down to New Orleans Magic and voodoo I do seek There with the gypsies I will be Forbidden treasures I will see I'm a runaway No place to call home I'm a runaway Find a cheap chateau I'm a runaway Nobody knows I'm goin' down Never will I be found I'm gonna go to Bourbon Street The French quarter lurks and waits for me There I will find the key I need To unlock its chest of mystery I'm a runaway Got no place to go I'm a runaway Find a cheap shadow I'm a runaway Nobody knows I'm goin' down Never will I be found When I'm on the lonely road There's only one place to go Where I feel I'm not alone to sleep There vibrations hypnotize All my senses realize This could be the only place for me… I'm goin' down to New Orleans The secret is kept below the sea There in the swamplands I will be I'll never return to my city