new orleans þarký sözü

(mark d. sanders/bob dipiero/steve seskin)

he was twenty-five, she was twenty-eight
he was home grown country, she´d just pulled off the interstate
she bought a dr. pepper, ten dollars worth of gas
she was ovbiously lost but too afraid to ask directions
so he offered her a smile and a stick of beech nut gum
he said where you headed to girl, where are you coming from
she said

new orleans but that´s another story
new orleans that´s another time
that´s another town, that´s another life

first she stayed a day then she stayed a week
couple of months later they were living on his parent´s street
he worked the station and she worked the store
and then they had a baby and
then they had one more little jesse

when she dropped the kids off at the mother´s day out
all the ladies had their questions
but they knew not to ask about

new orleans but that´s another story
new orleans that´s another time
that´s another town, that´s another life

wednesday night supper at the first baptist church
stranger standin´ in the doorway
as they´re passin´ out the dessert
he said go on and pack your bags
cause i´m here to take you home
i´m goin´ back to louisiana
and woman i ain´t gonna go with out you

there´s a few defining moments in every person´s life
when you know what you´ve done wrong
and you know what you´ve done right
and before the congregation and her husband and her kids
she says, "how dare you even speak to me
after everything you did"...in

new orleans but that´s another story
new orleans that´s another time
that´s another town, that´s another life

that´s another town, that´s another life