Down to New Orleans

I need a break from thinking

I wanna feel just for a while

I need to feel that sweet lady's love

Though she's farther than a hundred miles

To hell with rationality

It's never done me any good

I'm going down to New Orleans

To ask her if she would

I need some rash decisions

I've had enough of making careful plans

I'm gonna cast my fate on out to the wind

Hold no worries in my hands

Do I ever cross her mind?

Would she love me if she could?

I'm going down to New Orleans

To ask her if she would

My heart's been growing stagnant

Well, my worries, they wear me down

My last bit of romance is calling me

To ease on out of town

Might hop that midnight boxcar

Rolling over steel and wood

I'm going down to New Orleans

To ask her if she would

I'm sorry to the ones who say

That they want the best for me

But what it is they want

Won't keep me satisfied, you see?

When I hop that southbound train

You know that I might be gone for good

I'm going down to New Orleans

To ask her if she would

My heart's down on the bayou

And you might not think I should

But I'm going down to New Orleans

To ask her if she would

I'm on my way to New Orleans

To ask her if she would