Randy Newman - Kingfish Lyrics
Theres a hundred-thousand frenchmen in new orleansIn new orleans there are frenchmen everywhereBut your house could fall downYour baby could drownWouldnt none of those frenchmen careEverybody gather roundLoosen up your suspendersHunker down on the groundIm a crackerAnd you are tooBut dont I take good care of youWho built the highway to baton rouge?Who put up the hospital and built you schools?Who looks after shit-kickers like you?The kingfish doWho gave a party at the roosevelt hotel?And invited the whole north half of the state down there for freeThe people in the cityHad their eyes bugging outCause everyone of youLooked just like meKingfish, kingfishEverybody singKingfish, kingfishEvery man a kingWho took on the standard oil menAnd whipped their assJust like he promised hed do?Aint no standard oil men gonna run this stateGonna be run by little folks like me and youKingfish, kingfishFriend of the working manKingfish, kingfishThe kingfish gonna save this land
