The King of Storyville

Verse 1

Stomp

Heavy wood

Muddy river rising

Hot sun

I see you

I see the dust

I see the devil in the horn

Copper bell

Blowing out the windows

Hotter than the brickwork

Church bells ringing

Fingers

Bleeding out the blues

King of the street

The big noise

Ripping up the Sunday

Taking back the night

Chorus

Call him King

Call him King

Call him King

Can you hear the cornet scream

Can you hear the cornet scream

Loud enough to wake the dead

Loud enough to wake the dead

He blew the roof off Funky Butt

He blew the roof off Funky Butt

Verse 2

Ragged

Marching time

Broken hearts and brassy beats

Sweet sweat

Walking tall

Walking past the parlors

Leave the strings

Leave the waltzes in the dirt

Hard rain

Thick humidity

Gravel in the throat

Dirty

Wild and wide

The sound that never died

The sound that never died

Memory

Echoing for miles

Chorus

Call him King

Call him King

Call him King

Can you hear the cornet scream

Can you hear the cornet scream

Loud enough to wake the dead

Loud enough to wake the dead

He blew the roof off Funky Butt

He blew the roof off Funky Butt

Bridge

I thought I heard him say

I thought I heard him say

Open up the window

Let the bad air out

Let the good air in

Stinking like the river

Beautiful and loud

Beautiful and loud

Gone

Into the quiet

Into the white walls

Into the long silence

Chorus

Call him King

Call him King

Call him King

Can you hear the cornet scream

Can you hear the cornet scream

Loud enough to wake the dead

Loud enough to wake the dead

He blew the roof off Funky Butt

He blew the roof off Funky Butt

Post-Chorus

Oh King Buddy

Oh King Buddy

The ghost in the brass

The ghost in the brass

He was here

He was here

He was here

Never recorded

Never forgotten

Never forgotten

Never forgotten