Nanci Griffith — Year Down In New Orleans lyrics

Lyrics

I truly need … a year down in New Orleans
The hum of a southern drawl that I could understand
And should you meet … my sweetheart in New Orleans
Kindly pass my heart into the safety of his hands
I remember clover … in the fields south of New Orleans
And we ran so blindly through the fields of summer cane
Now when I’m lonely … I send my heart down to New Orleans
To chase my memories alone down through my dreams
How I miss the clarity I left there in my youth
Will there be another heart who can endure my solitude?
His roses grow … so lovely in New Orleans
Their petals do recall the mysteries in his eyes
Now, should you go … to that garden in New Orleans
Kindly tend a rose beside his heart for me … and sigh