We've got department store blues
Department store blues
Hey, what's a New Orleans shopper gonna do
With these department store blues
Caught the bus down to Can*l Street
To meet my friends beneath the clock.
Ah but the clock wasn't ticking.
All the doors were locked
Everybody had done gone home
All was as quiet as a tome
Seems that Holmes has found
A new suburban home
Department store blues
Department store blues
Hey, what's a New Orleans shopper gonna do
With these department store blues
When Christmas comes around
I like to jingle-jangle-jingle
I head on down to Maison
To visit with Mr. Bingle
But the snowman wasn't in
Seems he done drifted away.
Yeah, Mr. Bingle's on the payroll
Out in Metairie.
We've got department store blues
Department store blues
Tell me what's a New Orleans shopper gonna do
With these department store blues
Ah did you hear that Krouse
Finally came crashing in?
Even Sears has felt the pinch.
Godchaux's has gone away
And Gus Mayer's too
Well, even Kreiger's is just a memory
What's a New Orleans shopper gonna do?
Oh well, here with these department store blues
Department store blues
Tell me what's a New Orleans shopper gonna do
With these department store blues
So we're singing about department store blues
Department store blues
Tell me what's a New Orleans shopper gonna do
With these department store blues