[Intro] [Verse] Oh Louisiana I stayed away from you too long Oh Louisiana how can a true love go so wrong? She put me in shame and in sorrow and I come home tomorrow Oh Louisiana [Verse 2] Oh Louisiana yeah yeah Creole baby Cajun queens Quaint porches and windows filet de gumbo the Basin beans Your beautiful Delta and bayous in greens Oh Louisiana [break] [Verse 3] Oh Louisiana yea-e-e yea I’m flying on Delta Nine-o-three Right over St. Louis high over Memphis Tennessee On southward to the sea where I long to be Oh Louisiana [Verse 4] Oh o Louisiana yea yea them Yankee nights are cold and long Oh Louisiana she broke my heart and wrecked my home She shamed me in sorrow to face my tomorrow Oh take me back oh Louisiana [Fade]