Words & music By Paul Simon 1973

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C'mon take me to the Mardi Gras

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Where the people sing and play

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Where the dancing is elite

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And there's music in the street

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Both night and day

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Hurry take me to the Mardi Gras

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In the city of my dreams

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You can legalize your lows

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You can wear your summer clothes

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In the New Orleans

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And I will lay my burden down

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Rest my head upon that shore

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And when I wear that starry crown

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I won't be wanting anymore

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Take your burdens to the Mardi Gras

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Let the music wash your soul

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You can mingle in the street

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You can jingle to the beat of the jelly roll

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Tumba, tumba, tumba, Mardi Gras

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Tumba, tumba, tumba, day

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