I've been waiting here since this morning
I'll wait as long as it will take
Down in the old town of the city of New Orleans
With my heart so heavy it might break

Last night they put up a hurricane warning
Last night you came into my room
Around midnight the rain started falling
I was holding on to you

Chorus:
Come on, Sheila, let's run
Don't stop believing that I love you
Don't let them keep you in that paradise of fools

Sheila was a dancing girl working in the evening
On the altar of old men's fantasies
She hitched down from north Mississippi
With a lot of hope and one pair of jeans

Last night Sheila she told me she loved me
She said' "Baby what took you so long?"
Tonight I am going to steal her from the city
Before she does herself harm

Chorus