[Intro]
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[Verse]
              
C'mon take me 

             
to the Mardi G

   
ras 
              
Where the peop

            
le sing and pl

ay 
          
Where the danc

ing is elite 
            
And there's mu

sic in the str

eet 
              
Both night and

  
 day 


[Verse]
              
Hurry take me 

        
to the Mardi G

ras 
              
In the city of

    
 my dreams 
        
You can legali

ze your lows 
            
You can wear y

     
our summer clo

thes 
             
In New Orleans

    
 


[Middle 8]
              
And I will lay

           
 my burden dow

n 
              
Rest my head u

             
pon that shore

                    
 
              
And when I wea

              
r that starry 


crown 
              
I won't be wan

           
ting anymore  

   
 


[Verse]
              
Take your burd

             
ens to the Mar

  
di Gras 
              
Let the music 

           
wash your soul

 
        
You can mingle

 in the street

 
            
You can jingle

              
 to the beat o

            
f the jelly ro

ll 


[Verse]
              
Tumba, tumba, 

       
tumba, Mardi G

ras 
              
Tumba, tumba, 

        
tumba, yeah
           
Yeah yeah, yea

h, yeah yea
           
Yeah yeah, yea

h, yeah yea
              
Yeah yeah, yea

   
h, yeah yeah,y

ea


[Outro]
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(repeat and fade)