Year Down In New Orleans Lyrics - Nanci Griffith

I truly need a year down in New Orleans 

The hum of a southern drawl that I could understand 

And should you meet my sweetheart in New Orleans 

Kindly pass my heart into the safety of his hands 

I remember clover in the fields south of New Orleans 

And we ran so blindly through the roads of summer cane 

Now when I'm lonely I send my heart down to New Orleans 

To chase my memories alone down through my dreams 

How I miss the clarity I left there in my youth 

Will there be another heart who can endure my solitude? 

His roses grow so lovely in New Orleans 

Their petals do recall the mysteries in his eyes 

So should you go to that garden in New Orleans 

Kindly tend a rose beside his heart for me and sigh