[00:01.28]Did you expect for me to take it well
[00:04.84]When you looked me in the eyes and said
[00:08.47]I never wanted you at all
[00:12.14]Did you think that I’d just smile
[00:15.30]When you told me that you’re packing up and leaving town
[00:21.76]You said, I don’t know where I’m going“
[00:26.37]I think I’ll head to New Orleans for awhile“
[00:34.53]I heard the truth but I still felt the sting
[00:39.08]Knowing loving you could never turn your heart towards me
[00:45.10]So I bid my love farewell
[00:50.86]And I bit my tongue to keep myself from breaking down
[00:56.60]You said I don’t know where I’m going“
[01:00.76]I think I’ll head to New Orleans for awhile“
[01:09.22]/Chorus/
[01:10.46]God I’m so tired of crying
[01:13.38]But I can’t hold back my tears,
[01:18.37]Oh, hard to know
[01:20.76]Can the city give a man his heart
[01:23.07]Does the city have a hand to hold
[01:25.21]Tell me, what do you offer that I don’t, New Orleans
[01:30.60]/
[01:44.36]I hope the people living on the streets
[01:48.19]Bring you greater joy than all the places that you see
[01:53.76]And I know you’ll make them smile
[01:58.86]And then you’ll tell them that you’re packing up and leaving town
[02:05.73]You said, I don’t know where I’m going“
[02:09.46]I gotta leave New Orleans for awhile“
[02:16.43]/Chorus/
[02:19.12]God I’m so tired of crying
[02:23.00]But I can’t hold back my tears,
[02:27.11]Oh, hard to know
[02:28.79]Can the city give a man his heart
[02:31.46]Does the city have a hand to hold
[02:33.41]Tell me, what do you offer that I don’t, yeah
[02:41.06]/
[02:42.63]You don’t owe me anything
[02:51.53]Go be free, yeah
[02:57.04]You don’t owe me anything
[03:03.36]Go be free, yeah
[03:08.94]You never know where you’re going
[03:12.84]And I don’t care
[03:15.51]Go all the way to New Orleans
[03:19.63]/Chorus/
[03:22.48]God I’m so tired of crying, yeah
[03:25.44]But I can’t hold back my tears anymore,
[03:31.42]Can the city give a man his heart
[03:35.51]Does the city have a hand to hold
[03:37.69]Tell me, what do you offer him that I don’t, New Orleans, yeah
[03:42.56]/
[04:00.74]Why don’t you just go
[04:04.18]If you never wanted me at all
[04:12.07]