standin' in the corner

of toulouse and dauphine

waitin' on marie-ondine

I'm tryin' to place a tune

under a louisiana moonbeam

on the planet of new orleans

in a bar they call the saturn

and in her eyes of green

and somethin' that she said in a dream

inside of my suit I got my mojo root

and a true love figurine

for the planet of new orleans



new orleans - the other planet

with other life upon it

and everythin' that's shakin' in between

if you should ever land upon it

you better know what's on it

the planet of new orleans



now I'm tryin' to find my way

through the rain and the steam

I'm lookin' straight ahead through the screen

and then I heard her say

somethin' in the limousine

'bout taking a ride across the planet of new orleans



if she was an ace

and I was just a jack

and the cards were never seen

we could have been the king and the queen

but she took me back to her courtyard

where magnolia perfume screams

behind the gates and the granite

of the planet of new orleans