New Orleans

He was twenty-five she was twenty-eight
He was homegrown and she'd just
Pulled off the interstate
She bought a 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 girl
Where 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 of months later they were
Living on his parents street
He worked the station and
She worked the store
And then they had a baby and
Then they had one more, little Jesse
When she dropped the kids off
At the mothers day out
All the ladies had their questions and
Knew not to ask about
New Orleans but that's another story
New Orleans, that's another time
That's another town, that's another life

Wednesday night supper at the
First Baptist Church
Stranger standing in the door way as
They're passing out the dessert
He said, ''Go on pack your bags
I'm here to take you home
I'm going back to Louisiana and woman
I ain't gonna go without you''
There's a few defining moments
In every persons life
When you know what you've done wrong and
You know what you've done right
And before the congregation and her
Husband and her kids she says
''How dare you even speak to me
After everything you did in''
And New Orleans that's another story
New Orleans, that's another time
That's another town, that's another life
New Orleans that's another story
New Orleans, that's another time
That's another town, that's another life