House of the Rising Sun

There is a house

Down in New Orleans

They call it the house of the rising sun

Oh, yeah

I want you to know, it's been the ruin

Of many, many, many a poor boy, yeah

Lord, lord I know

I know I'm one, yeah

Yes, I'm one

I've got one foot on the platform

One foot on the platform

I've got my other foot on the train, yeah

Goin' back, goin' back to New Orleans

To wear my ball and chain, yeah, yeah

Mother, tell your sons

Tell your sons

Exactly what, exactly what I've done

I've spent my life in misery

Oh, in the house of the rising sun

Hey, woo

House of the rising sun

Oh, rising