Dear Molly how ya been?
Are you in Dallas, or back in Lafayette?
Thanks for the dance, thanks for the gin My old friend

Did I ever walk down Saint Claude
Was it you I saw at Markey's Bar?
Was there ever a Thursday night at Vaughan's
Did we ever walk the levee walls
Yeah we were there and we'll be back In the 9th Ward

Now, the dreams take me home
Far from dirty towns I roam
Dreams of fear, dreams of hope,
Dreams of faces that I know

Down on Burgundy men pass me by
Is it fear or is it murder in their eyes
Don't tell me this is the end
We've been through worse and we'll be back again
We'll have a drink for each other In the 9th Ward