Battle of New Orleans

The One Hundred Songs Project - The Political Songs Videos of 100 songs written by Ted Silar See them all at www.youtube.com Recorded live at Godfrey Daniels Bethlehem, PA THE BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS When the hotels closed and they locked us out We asked the National Guard what it was all about They said, "The Superdome is bad and you can't go there, And the Convention Center, too, better go elsewhere." Now, Mr. National Guard, give us half a clue, What do you propose we're supposed to do? He said, "Whatever you do, well, I don't care, And no, we don't have no water to spare." CHORUS: Now move along, where you go I don't care, Move along, but you can't stay here, Move along, get your ass in gear, Move along, move along So to the police station we made our way We said, "We'll get us some attention if it takes all day." Just as soon as you could say Jack Robinson, Out came the commander on the run. Now the commander said, "It's all been planned, You walk the New Orleans bridge to the Promised Land." We said, "We've heard a lotta lies from the likes of you." He crossed his heart and said, "I swear it's all true." So we headed for the bridge, nothin' else to do, With the women and the children and the old folks, too. Well, we made it to the bridge and we were doin' fine Until we saw the Gretna sheriffs standin' in a line When we started edgin' forward, we were filled with dread, And then the bullets started whizzin' right over our head We said, "We haven't done no wrong, why ...