Take Me To The Mardi Gras

Album: There Goes Rhymin' Simon (1973)
Charted: 7
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  • C'mon take me to the Mardi Gras
    Where the people sing and play
    Where the dancing is elite
    And there's music in the street
    Both night and day

    Hurry take me to the Mardi Gras
    In the city of my dreams
    You can legalize your lows
    You can wear your summer clothes
    In the New Orleans

    And I will lay my burden down
    Rest my head upon that shore
    And when I wear that starry crown
    I won't be wanting anymore

    Take your burdens to the Mardi Gras
    Let the music wash your soul (let it wash your soul)
    You can mingle in the street
    You can jingle to the beat
    Of Jelly Roll

    Toomba, toomba, toomba, Mardi Gras
    Toomba, toomba, toomba, hey
    Hey Writer/s: PAUL SIMON
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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