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[Verse 1]
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On a front stoop in my house.......Watching folks go by
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Lazy days chewing on ice.......I'm just waiting on July
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And O  Z plays Irma Thomas.....And we all know what it means
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Rag  a  tag of rain, city so slow.....It's summertime in New Orleans

[Verse 2]
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And all my friends are getting drunk on Sunday.....You know they just trying to keep cool
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I'm hanging out with these fools playing card games.....And my new best friend who's got a pool
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And O  Z plays James Andrews.....Yeah we all know who that is
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Rag  a  tag of rain, city so slow.....It's summertime in New Orleans

[Verse 3]
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Drinking gallons of daiquiris, eating snowball in the cone.....Slow drive by the lake
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And I'm doing 35 through all the school zones.....My brand new AC unit just broke
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And O  Z plays Kermit Ruffins.....You know he's barbecuing up at Vaughan's
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Rag  a  tag of rain, smoking a J.....It's summertime in New Orleans
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The garbage truck just passed you up.....With that potent smell of seafood shells
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Sweet bloom magnolia trees.....Yeah that's summertime in New Orleans

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[Verse 4]
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Yeah I'm taking a buggy ride with my wife through the Quarter
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We're drinking hurricanes listening to Tuba Fats
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Little kids keep splashing water on the gutter punks.....Next to the gentlemen in straw hats
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And O  Z plays Satchmo.....Satchmo baby yeah you know who that is
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Rag  a  tag of rain, city so low.....Summertime in New Orleans
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The rag  a  tag of rain, city so slow.....Summertime, oh summertime in New Orleans