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This Property Is Condemned - Maria McKee

Twenty-seventh wagon full of cotton

Was parked outside my chicken shack door

I kept my crib covered up in satin

In case my baby came around for more

Now I feel Daddy somethin's not the same

'Cause there's weeds and there's rust

And the roof won't hold the rain

I remember better days

Lace in every window

And roses around the gate

Now they've chased away all my friends

And they've locked me out

And hung a sign on the fence

That says this property is condemned

Take me down to the Viex Carre

Where a little girl can get a bed or a bit

If you should see me

Coughin' around the corner

Won't you mix in a little sugar

With my tonic tonight

I can feel like I'm part of the parade

'Cause I feel like there's bourbon

Slappin' around in my veins

I remember better days

Lace in every window

And roses around the gate

Now they've chased away all my friends

And they've locked me out

And hung a sign on the fence

That says this property is condemned

I got a new tiara Daddy

Take me to the Mardi Gras

Buy me cotton candy dress me up in flowers

Let me be your baby doll

We can ditch that social worker

In and out the swingin' doors on Tchoupitoulas Street

You may call me jailbait

But I ain't too little to take the heat

I can feel phantoms blowin' through my brain

And I feel that can I need someone made no way

Oh

I remember better days

Lace in every window

And roses around the gate

Now they've chased away all my friends

And they've locked me out

And hung a sign on the fence

That says this property is condemned

Oh