Chorus:
This home is your home, this home is my home
From the lower ninth ward, to Gentilly and Lakeview
From the bayou swampland, to the gulf stream waters
This home was made for you and me
As I was walking 'long Magazine Street
I saw above me an endless skyway
I saw before me the Crescent City
This home was made for you and me
Chorus:
This home is your home, this home is my home
From the broken levees, to the night bloom jasmines
From the city's tub ring, to the bright colored parrots
This home was made for you and me
I've roamed and rambled and I've followed my footsteps
'Round smelly fridges to the too few restaurants
And all inside me a voice was grateful that
This food was made for you and me
Chorus:
This home is your home, this home is my home
Algiers and Gretna , to Jeff'son and Metairie
From the bayou swampland, to the gulf stream waters
This home was made for you and me
The Mississippi wraps 'round in her glory
While Lake Pontchartrain gives food from her waters
And blues and jazz and swing keeps us all on our feet
Mardi Gras is made for you and me
Chorus:
This home is your home, this home is my home
From the Garden District, to the Broadmoor bowl
From the bayou swampland, to the gulf stream waters
This home was made for you and me
As I was walkin' – I saw a sign there
And that sign said – no tress passin'
But on the other side.... it didn't say nothin!
Now that side was made for you and me!
Chorus:
This home is your home, this home is my home
From the French Quarter, to Bourbon and Canal streets
From the bayou swampland, to the gulf stream waters
This home was made for you and me
In the squares of the city – In the shadow of the steeple
Near the FEMA office – I see my people
And some are grumblin' and some are wonderin'
If this home's still made for you and me.
Chorus:
This home is your home, this home is my home
So let's get working, to bring her back anew
Let's love her wildly so she can bloom again
This home was made for you and me
This home is your home, this home is my home
So let's get working, to bring her back anew
Let's love her wildly so she can bloom again
This home was made for you and me
