Remembering our misspent youth
How we painted that town chartreuse
With our friends all doing the same
Hearts and neighborhoods burning flame
We went our ways as people do, lives and jobs and revenue
No goodbyes and no amends
We knew we’d see each other again

I still have those old mixtapes
They’re just about to disintegrate
We dug the Meters in that old Chevy
Parked way up high on the levee
Pounding rhythm two by two, nights and years and me and you
We had nothing but time to spend
Every week we’d do it again

We let the bon temps rouler
We rolled your brother’s Chevrolet
And oh, there was hell to pay
I wish you didn’t live so far away
Grown up now and working hard, we got full dance cards
If there was time I’d jump the fence
And I would go to see you again

One day I got unstuck
I bought that ticket and called you up
We gonna roll down Royal Street
Catch up on stories and skip the sleep
Crazy and I still rendezvous, you’re the one I want to tell it to
Look at us now, grey old friends
It will be good to see you again

It will be good to see you again
Slow down, cher, don’t move too fast, step with me into the past
It will be good to see you again
Dancing to the zydeco, Clifton Chenier from long ago
It’s so damn good to see you again
Where y’at, where ya been, let’s go for another spin
It’s so damn good to see you again

We sat by that river slow and wide
Talking through our deep divide
Caught Rebirth Brass at the Maple Leaf
Missing old friends who came to grief
At the Union Terminal we stayed too late
To plot, scheme and calculate
How long until the very last train
How long till I can see you again?

How long till I can see you again, how long, how long till I can see you again ….