Emily Hearn New Orleans song lyrics

Did you expect for me to take it well

When you looked me in the eyes and said, "I never wanted you at all"?

Did you think that I'd just smile

When you told me that you're packing up and leaving town?

You said, "I don't know where I'm going

I think I'll head to New Orleans for a while"

I heard the truth but I still felt the sting

Knowing loving you could never turn your heart towards me

So I bid my love farewell

And I bit my tongue to keep myself from breaking down

You said, "I don't know where I'm going

I think I'll head to New Orleans for a while"

God, I'm so tired of crying

But I can't hold back my tears

Oh, I have to know

Can a city give a man its heart?

Does a city have a hand to hold?

Tell me, what do you offer him that I don't?

New Orleans

I hope the people living on the streets

Bring you greater joy than all the places that you've seen

And I know you'll make them smile

And then you'll tell them that you're packing up and leaving town

You'll say, "I don't know where I'm going

But I gotta leave New Orleans for a while"

God, I'm so tired of crying

But I can't hold back my tears

Oh, I have to know

Can a city give a man its heart?

Does a city have a hand to hold?

Tell me, what do you offer him that I don't?

You don't owe me anything

Go, be free

You don't owe me anything

Go, be free

You never know where you're going, and I don't care

Go all the way to New Orleans

God, I'm so tired of crying

But I can't hold back my tears anymore

Can a city give a man its heart?

Does a city have a hand to hold?

Tell me, what do you offer him that I don't?

New Orleans

New Orleans

Why don't you just go?

If you never wanted me at all