New Orleans

Did you expect for me to take it well

When you looked me in the eyes and said

I never wanted you at all

Did you think that I’d just smile

When you told me that you’re packing up and leaving town

You said, I don’t know where I’m going

I think I’ll head to New Orleans for awhile

I heard the truth but I still felt the sting

Knowing loving you could never turn your heart towards me

So I bid my love farewell

And I bit my tongue to keep myself from breaking down

You said I don’t know where I’m going

I think I’ll head to New Orleans for awhile

God I’m so tired of crying

But I can’t hold back my tears

Oh, hard to know

Can the city give a man his heart

Does the city have a hand to hold

Tell me, what do you offer that I don’t, New Orleans

I hope the people living on the streets

Bring you greater joy than all the places that you see

And I know you’ll make them smile

And then you’ll tell them that you’re packing up and leaving town

You said, I don’t know where I’m going

I gotta leave New Orleans for awhile

God I’m so tired of crying

But I can’t hold back my tears

Oh, hard to know

Can the city give a man his heart

Does the city have a hand to hold

Tell me, what do you offer that I don’t, yeah

You don’t owe me anything

Go be free, yeah

You don’t owe me anything

Go be free, yeah

You never know where you’re going

And I don’t care

Go all the way to New Orleans

God I’m so tired of crying, yeah

But I can’t hold back my tears anymore

Can the city give a man his heart

Does the city have a hand to hold

Tell me, what do you offer him that I don’t

New Orleans, yeah

Why don’t you just go

If you never wanted me at all