New Orleans

The Texas sun beats down upon me

Like the Devil's smile

I'd rather be anywhere else than here

Was it a blinding lack of subtlety

Or just a lack of style

Responding to the ways and means of fear?

Take me back to New Orleans

And drop me at my door

'Cause I might love you, yeah,

But I love me more

My fingertips are bitten

'Til there's nothing left but skin

I'd rather be anyone else right now

The light that shone within my eyes

Is slowly growing dim

She told me where, told me when,

But never said how

Take me back to New Orleans

And don't call me anymore

'Cause I might love you, yeah,

But I love me more

(She said) How can I make this unhappen?

(I said) You cannot make this unhappen

Choose before your choices fade away

(She said) I could be home by tomorrow

(She said) If I could beg, steal, or borrow

I said you're there, you might as well stay

The morning mist arises

Through another crack in the glass

The lack of sleep has made me numb

But sometimes when she sleeps

She'll turn and she'll whisper his name

That cake must taste great

But I'll pass when you offer me some

Take me back to New Orleans

And drop me at my door

'Cause I might love you, yeah,

But I love me more

Take me back to New Orleans

And don't call me anymore

'Cause I might love you, yeah

I might love you, yeah

I might love you, yeah,

But I love me more

I love me more

I love me more