Hello New Orleans

Standin' here beside this freeway wishing I was high



Wondering why she said she loved me then she said goodbye



I'm down to my last dollar in these faded old blue jeans



So adios to Amarillo, hello New Orleans







Her hair was made of summer sunlight the moon lit in her eyes



Her voice would ride the wind at midnight across the starry skies



Love is blind that's what they tell me in all those magazines



So adios to Amarillo, hello New Orleans







We talked about our lives together we talked about our plans



We walked through rain and windy weather across the shifting sands



She took the car that's how I know this ain't no crazy dream



So adios to Amarillo, hello New Orleans







I'll eat my fill of jambalaya and crawfish etouffe



I'll drink the Mississippi dry, laissez les bon temps rouler



I'll trade her memory in on one of those Cajun queens



So adios to Amarillo, hello New Orleans



So adios to Amarillo, hello New Orleans