The House of the Rising Sun - The Animals

There is a house in New OrleansThey call the Rising SunAnd it's been the ruin of many a poor boyAnd God I know I'm one

My mother was a tailorSewed my new blue jeansMy father was gamblin' manDown in New Orleans

Now the only thing a gambler needsIs a suitcase and a trunkAnd the only time he'll be satisfiedIs when he's all a-drunk

Oh mother, tell your childrenNot to do what I have doneSpend your lives in sin and miseryIn the house of the Rising Sun

Well I've got one foot on the platformThe other foot on the trainI'm going back to New OrleansTo wear that ball and chain

Well there is a house in New OrleansThey call the Rising SunAnd it's been the ruin of many a poor boyAnd God I know I'm one