[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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I guess the point of goin' to college
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Was to acquire myself a little knowledge
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And help me figure out
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What life was really all about
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It made Peets and J.D. happy
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And set me wild and free
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Then I danced out of Mississippi
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To the University of Bourbon Street
[Verse 2]
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I sang, "Hey Pocky A-way"
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On the streetcar headed uptown
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I went to class every day
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And never wore a frown
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I was taught by the Neville Brothers
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Benny Spellman, and a whole lotta others
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That brass brand blew my mind
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When I joined in the second line
[Bridge]
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I felt the power of the gris-gris
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Got my soul saved by the backbeat
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I was branded by Jean Lafitte
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At the University of Bourbon Street
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I sang on a paddlewheel boat
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Floated down the Mississippi
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Helped build a Mardi Gras float
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And smoked a joint with a beautiful hippie
[Verse 3]
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I heard a church choir sing
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"Change my guitar strings"
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Thought things just couldn't get better
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'Til I walked to the Central Grocery
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And had myself a muffaletta
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I took my lunchbox to the streetcar
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That Tennessee named, "Desire"
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Then I followed my dancin' feet
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To the University of Bourbon Street
[Interlude]
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[Bridge]
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Yeah, we got high-class, low-rent Voodoo information
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Pat O'Brien's hurricane accreditation
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Old-school sex education
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And I learned how to eat
[Verse 4]
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From the music and the people
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To the cookin' and the joy
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It really ain't a mystery
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I just followed my dancin' feet
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To the University of Bourbon Street
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I got my Lucky Dog Ph.D.
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At the University of Bourbon Street
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Yeah, I just followed my dancin' feet
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To the University of Bourbon Street
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And a Po' Boy Master's Degree
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At the University of Bourbon Street
[Outro]
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It's all sweet, darling
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University of Bourbon Street
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Hand me that umbrella
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Follow me to school
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University of Bourbon Street
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University of Bourbon Street
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