I'm gonna take me a ride on a riverboatnDown to New OrleansnGotta pocket full o'money and a liquor bottlenGonna drink away my dreamsnnDon't really wanna leavenSure I can't staynI'm gonna get on that riverboatnAnd gamble my life awaynnMakes me fly like an eaglenHigher and higher every daynCause in my mind and in my dreamsnI can't get her awaynnGonna sit down at the poker tablenFive card stud's my gamenGonna try and forget that crazy womannGonna try and forget her namennI don't know how I'll make itnBut I'll forget her some waynThis is the time and the only timenShe ain't gonna get awaynnChorus