House of the Rising Sun

歌詞

There is a house in New Orleans They call the Rising Sun And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy And God, I know I'm one My mother was a tailor She sewed my new bluejeans My father was a gamblin' man Down in New Orleans Now the only thing a gambler needs, Is a suitcase and trunk, And the only time he's satisfied, Is when he's on a drunk. Oh, mother tell your children, Not to do what I have done: To spend your lifes in sin and misery, In the house of the Rising Sun. Well, I got one foot on the platform, The other foot on the train, I'm going back to New Orleans, To wear that ball and chain. Well, there is a house in New Orleans, They call the Rising Sun, And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy And God,I know I'm one