House of the Rising Sun There is a house in New Orleans They call the rising sun And its been the ruins of many a poor boy And god I know Im one My mother was a taylor She sewed my new blue jeans My father was a gamblin?man Way down in New Orleans Now the only thing a gambler needs Is a suitcase and a trunk And the only time you keep him satisfied Is when hes all a drunk Oh mother tell your children Not to do what I have done Spend your life in sin and misery In the house of the rising sun I got one foot on the platform The other on a train And Im goin?back to New Orleans To swing that ball and chain Yeah, there is a house in New Orleans They call the rising sun And its been the ruins of many a poor boy And God I know Im one