Louisiana

[Verse 1]

Maybe it was a dream last night

Or, looking into my daughter's eyes

But my heart was sinking

Yeah, man, it got me thinking

About all of my yesterdays

Every memory, every page of my innocence

Wishing I could go back when

I was wild and free as the Mississippi

Playing in the sugar cane

A part of me is gone

I don't know when it slipped away

[Chorus]

I guess I left it in Louisiana

Blowing in the wind

Hiding in the Quarter

Gotta get back there again

To the sweet sounds of the bayou

Let it wash right over me

Make me whole again

Bring back that missing piece

That I left in Louisiana

[Verse 2]

Well, I still feel the same

But the mirror tells me that I've changed

Every morning, it's like a subtle warning

It comes on like a delta rain

Soaks through my skin down to my veins

And it leaves me breathless

And a little restless

Reminding me that life is so fragile

Like a thin sheet of a glass

The moment you're living right now

Will soon become your past

[Chorus]

And I left it in Louisiana

Blowing in the wind

Hiding in the Quarter

Gotta get back there again

To the sweet sounds of the bayou

Let it wash right over me

Make me whole again

Bring back that missing piece

That I left in Louisiana

[Bridge]

Every night, I close my eyes

And I go walking, under that magnolia sky

[Chorus]

That I left it in Louisiana

Blowing in the wind

Hiding in the Quarter

Gotta get back there again

To the sweet sounds of the bayou

Let it wash right over me

Make me whole again

Bring back that missing piece

That I left in Louisiana

Louisiana

I guess I left it in Louisiana

Louisiana