St. Anne's Parade

By the looks of everyone it's been a long two weeks Coming up on the business end of a good luck streak Gave em hell in New York City headed down to New Orleans And we drove across Mississippi in the rain

It don't seem to freeze too much down in New Orleans But the rain can sure wash out the street We crossed the snow line, it was just in time They're diggin' em out everywhere north of the Chesapeake

And I'm up too damn early in the morning Watching the world around me come alive And I need more fingers to count the ones I love This life might be too good to survive

They canceled a parade or two for weather The kings and saints, their robes all soaking wet But we were happy just to all be there together Stoned on the porch smoking all Niki's cigarettes

We've been riding down this highway now for all these years Breathing in the dust along the way But it's the kindness of a friend is what's remembered in the end It is a debt that is a pleasure to repay

And it never feels like we're getting any older But the memories build up around the eyes And I need more fingers than I've got on my two hands This life may be too good to survive

We were dressed to celebrate your wedding day We marched along with the St. Anne's parade Sang out our hearts while they sent away their dead The sun shone on the river and we began our lives instead

And I'm up too damn early in the morning But I can't remember ever feeling so alive And I need more fingers to count the ones I love This life may be too good to survive