Hello New Orleans Lyrics - Robert Earl Keen

Standin' here beside this freeway wishing I was high 

Wondering why she said she loved me then she said goodbye 

I'm down to my last dollar in these faded old blue jeans 

So adios to Amarillo, hello New Orleans 

Her hair was made of summer sunlight the moon lit in her eyes 

Her voice would ride the wind at midnight across the starry skies 

Love is blind that's what they tell me in all those magazines 

So adios to Amarillo, hello New Orleans 

We talked about our lives together we talked about our plans 

We walked through rain and windy weather across the shifting sands 

She took the car that's how I know this ain't no crazy dream 

So adios to Amarillo, hello New Orleans 

I'll eat my fill of jambalaya and crawfish etouffe 

I'll drink the Mississippi dry, laissez les bon temps rouler 

I'll trade her memory in on one of those Cajun queens 

So adios to Amarillo, hello New Orleans 

So adios to Amarillo, hello New Orleans