There is a house in New Orleans They call the Rising Sun And it's been the ruin of many a poor soul (SOUL) And God I know I'm one My mother was a tailor She sewed my new blue jeans My father was a broken old man (BROKEN MAN) Down in New Orleans Now go and tell all the children Never do what I have done Waste your life in dreams and agony (AGONY) In the House of the Rising Sun Well, I got one foot on the platform The other's on the train I'm goin' back to New Orleans (NEW ORLEANS) To wear that ball and chain There is a house in New Orleans They call the Rising Sun And it's been the ruin of many a poor soul (SOUL) And God I know I'm one