From the recording There and Back
Lyrics
Dance night in New Orleans
After sunset, things startin to roll
Sidewalks sweating, moonlight dreams
Moving and shaking, losing control
Feet don’t lie, they hit that floor
Every beat begging for more
Once that groove drops down
Ain’t no stopping — turn it out
Hear that rhythm knocking loud
Whole room lifting off the ground
When those keys start breaking loose
You know the night just changed its mood
Piano in the house
Feel it shaking these walls
One note in, we’re never the same
When the rhythm starts to call
Piano in the house
Let it preach, let it shout
If you feel that fire right now
You know the piano’s in the house
In the house!
In the house!
Hey!
In the house!
Gin is flowing, beer and juice too
Every sip cutting real loose
That backbeat got me going
Been waiting all night long
Hands up high, bodies collide
Bass so thick you feel it inside
When the piano hits that line
Whole room moving, losing time
Clap your hands, stomp the floor
Hear that sound from door to door
When those keys take control
That New Orleans takes your soul
Piano in the house
Feel it shaking these walls
One note in, we’re never the same
When the rhythm starts to call
Piano in the house
Let it preach, let it shout
If you feel that fire right now
You know the piano’s in the house
Left hand low, right hand wild
Whole room moving, second line style
Call it funk, call it soul
Call it something you can’t control
Clap it out now — don’t be shy
Let those keys lift you high
When the groove hits, no excuse
You don’t think — you just move
The piano is in the house
Pulsing till dawn, no doubt
From the floor straight to the sky
Let the rhythm take you high
Piano in the house
Hear that sound break out
When New Orleans starts to play
You don’t leave — you stay
Hey now…
Keys still rollin’…
Piano in the house.
© 2026 Words and Music by William Fred Thompson