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Everybody's had a few;  now they're talking about who knows who
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I'm going back to the Crescent City, where everything's still the same
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This town has said what it has to say;  now I'm after that back highway
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And the longest bridge I've ever crossed, over Pontchartrain


G                  Dm       Dm              G
"Tous les temps en temps,"  that's all we'd say
          Dm      Dm        G
We used to dance  the night away
          Dm       Dm        G   
Me and my sister,  me and my brother
           Dm    Dm          G[/ch
We used to walk  down by the ri - ver


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Mama lives in Mandeville; I can hardly wait until
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I can hear my Zydeco and "laissez les bons temps rouler"
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And take rides in open cars; my brother knows where the best bars are
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Let's see how these blues'll do in the town where the good times stay

G                  Dm       Dm              G
"Tous les temps en temps,"  that's all we'd say
          Dm      Dm        G
We used to dance  the night away
          Dm       Dm        G   
Me and my sister,  me and my brother
           Dm    Dm          G
We used to walk  down by the ri - ver