Gone To New Orleans Lyrics

She packed her bags got on that train away she went

Left me standing cold empty heart hell-bent

New Orleans oh that city's gonna swallow her whole

Sweet girl I knew now a strumpet losing her soul

Bars and alleys echoes of laughter mixed with cries

Her innocence drowned dreams crumbled with those lies

Under streetlights whiskey breath heavy clouds

She lost her way in those decadent crowds

Gone to Orleans won't come back changed her name

Left a lover's heart to bask in guilt and shame

New Orleans took the girl I loved so pure

Now a jaded strumpet man I'm not so sure

Midnight alleys sirens scream whores and thieves

She once was mine now lost to deep city seas

Decadent lights counterfeit smiles burning eyes

In Bourbon's shadow drowning in disguise

Remember dances under moonlit skies

When love was true no strumpet's disguise

Now the ghost of our past haunting me wide awake

Wondering just how much a heart can break

Gone to Orleans won't come back changed her name

Left a lover's heart to bask in guilt and shame

New Orleans took the girl I loved so pure

Now a jaded strumpet man I'm not so sure