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NEW ORLEANS

words and music by Scott Claassen

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staring at a pale yellow moon
crawling out above our Crescent womb

with the hammer pulled and barrel pressed
hard and cold to her head

and only
a few meek
say "How could we
let this be"

'cause every light turns green
when I roll down her streets
and every song I sing
takes me back to New Orleans

lifted by the gold reeds and brass
I listen for the ghosts of our past
dancing down her flooded streets
to long lost Creole beats

and slowly
a dirge leads
to hot-rag-swing
and covers me

'cause every light turns green
when I roll down her streets
and every song I sing
takes me back to New Orleans

I can see her standing there
back against the wall
and I can see her rise above it all

and every song I sing (down in New Orleans!)
in every blue note's ring (down in New Orleans!)
every strand of beads (down in New Orleans!)
in her great mossy trees (down in New Orleans!)
and every smile I see (down in New Orleans!)
takes me back to New Orleans

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from Good Day Better, released March 24, 2010

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From the dank depths of the Brooklyn subways to the spiritually orgasmic heights of Jackson Hole WY, Ben Musser's indie roots project BENYARO carves a unique path w 1 rule: make great art. Honest, vulnerable shit. Neil Jenny once told Ben "In order to create something truly unique 1 must shut out the influence of others". If anything, here's a killer contemporary artists' advice applied to music. ... more

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