Anders Osborne - Summertime in New Orleans

On a front stoop in my house
Watching cars go by
Lazy days chewing on ice
I'm just waiting on July
And 'OZ plays Irma Thomas
And we all know what it means
Rag-a-tag of rain, city so slow
It's summertime in New Orleans

And all my friends are getting drunk on Sunday
You know they just trying to keep cool
I'm hanging out with these fools playing card games
And my new best friend who's got a pool
And 'OZ plays James Andrews
Yeah we all know who that is
Rag-a-tag of rain, city so slow
It's summertime in New Orleans

Drinking gallons of daiquiris eating snowball in the cone
Slow drive by the lake
And I'm doing 35 through all the school zones
My brand new AC unit just broke.
And 'OZ plays Kermit Ruffins
You know he's barbecuing up at Vaughan's
Rag-a-tag of rain, smoking a J
It's summertime in New Orleans

The garbage truck just passed you up
And that potent smell of seafood shells
Sweet bloom magnolia trees
Yeah that's summertime in New Orleans

Yeah I'm taking a buggy ride with my wife through the Quarter
We're drinking hurricanes listening to Tuba Fats
Little kids keep splashing water
And the gutter punks next to the gentlemen in straw hats
And 'OZ plays Satchmo
Satchmo baby yeah you know who that is
Rag-a-tag of rain, city so low
Summertime in New Orleans