New Orleans

He was twenty-five she was twenty-eight He was grown she'd just pulled off the interstate She bought a small 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 beech nut gum He said where you headed to 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 months later they were living on his parents street He worked the station she worked the store And then they had a kid and Then they had one more little jesse When she dropped the kids off at mother's day out All the ladies had their questions but they knew not to ask about Wednesday night supper, first baptist church Stranger standing in a door way as they're passing out desert He said go on and pack your bags i'm here to take you home I'm going back to louisana and woman I ain't gonna go without you There's a few defining moments in every person's life When you know what