Since I Left New Orleans Lyrics

Been flying so long in this aeroplane

Felt like forever just to cross Ponchartrain

I keep looking back

Don't know what I expect to see

And you're all that I can think of

Since I left New Orleans

Been playing the cloud game since three-fifteen

Got no one to talk with and no one to be

And I see a ship sailing far away from me

And you're all that I can think of

Since I left New Orleans

Been playing myself for so long

Hoping you would see you're wrong

You're wrong

I've been thinking of Mardi Gras and fleur-de-lis

Wanting you and wishing you were wanting me

I keep thinking back

Do you remember Desire Street?

It's been all that I can think of

Since I left New Orleans

Just trying to get through today

Wondering why you've gone away, away

I've been looking for something in the southern sky

Just to get this heartache off of my mind

But I keep drifting back to that muddy Mississippi

And you're all that I can think of

Since I left New Orleans

Since I left New Orleans

Since I left New Orleans

Since I left New Orleans