The second verse is definitely about New Orleans.
"I saw the streets all ripe with jewels
Balconies and the laundry lines
They tried to make me welcome there
But their streets did not feel like mine"
During Mardi Gras the streets, balconies, phone&power lines are full of Mardi Gras beads (jewels).
The second verse is definitely about New Orleans. "I saw the streets all ripe with jewels Balconies and the laundry lines They tried to make me welcome there But their streets did not feel like mine"
During Mardi Gras the streets, balconies, phone&power lines are full of Mardi Gras beads (jewels).