Stars are out tonight in New Orleans
For the first time see their grace
Oh, the price you must pay in New Orleans
To see God's freckled face
Beyond the year, beyond the pain
Through this blanket of fear
See the sky, feel inspired,
Take you from the upheaval
And low-lying grief
Listen you can hear her sweet melody.
There's a call for able bodies to New Orleans
To defend her when trials come away
For this place we call home, New Orleans
Is smiled on by God's freckled face
Reach through this world from New Orleans
Cup of fragile breath in your hand
Not a word, not a sound
Nor light to be found
Except the light in her face
The peace she imparts
And sing out the harmonies
From deep in her heart
Stars are out tonight in New Orleans
For the first time feel their graze
For this place we call home, New Orleans
Is smiled on by God's freckled face