[speaking]
“ I wanna tell you about this little house,
it’s down in New Orleans.
Where the river meets the sky, and the echoes of the past begun. They call it the House… of the Rising… Sun.”
[intro]
[strings build]
[Chorus]
There is a house in New Orleans
They call the Rising Sun
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
And God, I know I'm one
[interlude]
[strings build, powerful]
[choir builds]
[Verse 1]
My mother was a tailor
She sewed my new blue jeans
My father was a gamblin' man
Down in New Orleans
[Verse 2]
[background choir builds]
Now the only thing a gambler needs
Is a suitcase and a trunk
And the only time he's satisfied
Is when he's on a drug
[Instrumental Break]
[timpani drums, brass orchestra, strings]
[powerful, epic, climaxing]
[Verse 3]
[electric guitar] [church choir builds in background]
Oh, mothers, tell your children
Not to do what I have done
Spend your lives in sin and misery
In the House of the Rising Sun
[outro instrumental]
[electric guitar solo, builds to finale]
Ohh in that House of the Rising Sun!