In 1948 my Daddy came to the city

Told the people that they'd won the war

Maybe they'd heard it, maybe not

Probably they'd heard it and just forgot

'Cause they built him a platform there in Jackson Square

And the people came to hear him from everywhere

They started to party and they partied some more

'Cause New Orleans had won the war

(We knew we'd do it, we done whipped the Yankees)



Daddy said, "I'm gonna get this boy out of this place

Bound to sap his strength

People have fun here, and I think that they should

But nobody from here every come to no good

They're gonna pickle him in brandy and tell him he's saved

Then throw fireworks all 'round his grave"



So he took us down to the airport, and flew us back to L.A.

That was the end of my baby days

Blue blue morning, blue blue day

All your bad dreams drift away

It's a blue blue morning, of a blue blue day

Lose those bad dreams

Those gray clouds above you, what you want them around

with you for?

You got someone to love you

Who could ask for more?

It's a blue blue morning, of a blue blue day

All your bad dreams drift away