House Of The Rising Sun Lyrics - Be Good Tanyas

Oh there is a house in New Orleans. 

They call the Rising Sun. 

It's been the ruin of many young poor girls 

And God I know I'm one. 

My mother, she was a tailor, yeah yeah 

She sewed my new blue jeans 

My father, he was a gamblin man 

Down in New Orleans. 

I got one foot on the platform, yeah 

The other foot on the train 

I'm going back to New Orleans 

To wear that ball and chain 

Oh mother please tell your children, oh yeah 

Not to do what I have done 

Go and spend their lives in sin and misery 

In the house of the Rising Sun. 

Now the only thing a gambler needs 

Is a suitcase and a trunk 

And the only time he will be satisfied 

Is when he's all drunk. 

Oh there is a house in New Orleans. 

They call the Rising Sun. 

It's been the ruin of many young poor girls 

And God I know I'm one.