Do you know what it means to miss New Orleans And miss it each night and day Well I know I'm not wrong... the feeling's gettin' stronger The longer, I stay away Miss those moss covered vines...the tall sugar pines Where mockin' birds used to sing And I'd love to see that old lazy Mississippi are hurryin' about into spring fill the air I dream about magnolias in bloom, and soon I am wishin' I was there Now, do you know what it means to miss New Orleans For that's where I left my heart And there's one, one thing more...I miss the one I care for More than I miss New Orleans And that's you