on the corner of dauphine and dumaine i picked up a trumpet and i started to play i hit 25 blue notes all in a row the crowd dispersed headed for the next show a creole girl taught me to dance watched me kick out my legs and throw up my hands she said theres room in this city for a guy with no pity for himself or anybody else i lost every dollar down in the quarter i won em back from all the pimps and the lawyers they threw me their coins i sang em my songs now i m sipping my whiskey down in preservation hall i exposed myself for a couple of beads got thrown in a tuba by the nopd i got blowed by a 400 pound man saying get the hell out of my instrument played my banjo down in jackson square sang out loud so the good lord would know i was there this spanish moss feels like all the short hairs that grow on my baby where i lay my head when i get home i lost every dollar down in the quarter i won em back from all the pimps and the lawyers they threw me their coins i sang em my songs now i m sipping my whiskey down in preservation hall played my banjo down in jackson square sang out loud so the good lord would know i was there they told me my fortune they told me it clear they said you go back to frisco but your heart stays here i lost every dollar down in the quarter i won em back from all the pimps and the lawyers they threw me their coins i sang em my songs now i m sipping my whiskey down in preservation hall now i m sipping my whiskey down in preservation hall