On
the
front stoop of my house
Watchin' folks go by
Lazy days and chewin' on ice
We all just waitin' on July
And O .Z. plays her mind
An d we all know what it means
Rag -a -dag -a -rang, the city's so low
In the summertime in New Orleans
Yeah,
fellas gettin' drunk on a Sunday
We all know they're
just keepin' cool
And I'm hangin' out,
playin' card games
With my new be st friend,
who's got a pool
And Ozzy plays James Andrews
An d we all know what it means
Rag -a -tag -a -rain, city so low
When summertime in New Orleans
The garbage truck just passed you up
And the potent smell of
seafood shell s
And the sweet blue
magnolia trees
That summertime in New Orleans
Yeah, gallons of daiquiris
Snowball cones
Slow drive by the lake
Yeah, I'm driving 35 through
all the school zones
But my brand new A .C. unit just broke
And O .Z.,
they're playing Kermit
And we,
he knows he's barbecuing up his bones
Rag -a -tag -a -rang
Smokin' a joe in the summertime
in New Orleans
Yeah, boogie ridin'
through the quarter
Drinkin' hurricanes and
listenin' to tuba fans
Kirk Tudine
Little kids splashin' water, yeah
We got Gunnar Ponsen,
Gentleman in Straw Hats
An d O .Z. the
Plainside Smoke
We all know who that is
Rag -a -tag -a -rang
The city's so slow
It's summertime in New Orleans
Yeah, the rag -a -tag of rain
City so slow in summertime
In New Or leans