New Orleans

He was 25 She was 28 He was home-grown country She'd just pulled off the interstate She bought a Dr. Pepper Ten dollars worth of gas She was obviously lost But too afraid to ask directions So he offered her a smile And a stick of beachnut gum Said, "Where you headed to girl? Where you comin' from?" Chorus: She said, "New Orleans But that's another story New Orleans But that's another time, That's another town, That's another life" First she stayed a day Then she stayed a week A couple months later they were Livin' on his parents' street He worked the station She worked the store And then they had a baby And then they had one more, little Jessie When she dropped the kids off At the mothers' day out All the ladies had their questions But knew not to ask about New Orleans 'Cause 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 A stranger standing in the doorway As she's passing out dessert He said, "Go and pack your bags 'Cause I'm here to take you home We're going back to Louisiana Woman I ain't gonna go without 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 Before the congregation Her husband and her kids She said, "How dare you even speak to me After everything you did in New Orleans But that's another story New Orleans But that's another time, That's another town, That's another life Oh that's another time... That's another town... That's another life...