Do you know what is means To miss New Orleans And miss it each night and day I know I'm not wrong
The feeling's getting stronger The longer I stay away Miss the moist covered vines The tall sugar pines
Where mocking birds used to sing And I'd like to see the lazy Mississippi A hurrying into spring
The Mardi Gras memories Of creole tunes that filled the air I dream of oleanders in June And soon I'm wishing that I was there
Do you know what it means To miss New Orleans When that's where you left your heart And there's something more I miss the one I care for More than I miss New Orleans