Louisiana Blue

LOUISIANA BLUE
(Radney Foster/Beth Nielson Chapman)

This pain
Is deeper than the Pontchartrain
Now that I’m alone again
After losing you
I’m going down to Basin Street
Where the broken dreamers meet
Where my broken heart can beat
Louisiana blue

Where those muddy bayous run just as black as Coca-Cola
Ain’t no place I can be bluer, that I know of
I’m gonna pack my bags, turn up my collar
Put on my travelin’ shoes
Go down to New Orleans and turn Louisiana blue

You should see
This heart that you returned to me
Now it only yearns to be
On the next train through
I just want to disappear
Heading south away from here
Running till I turn my tears
Louisiana blue

Where those muddy bayous run just as black as Coca-Cola
Ain’t no place I can be bluer, that I know of
I’m gonna pack my bags, turn up my collar
Put on my travelin’ shoes
Go down to New Orleans and turn Louisiana blue

I’m gonna pack my bags, turn up my collar
Put on my travelin’ shoes
Go down to New Orleans and turn Louisiana blue
I’m gonna raise the Mississippi River crying over you
Go down to New Orleans and turn Louisiana blue



Copyright ©1992 Universal Music – MGB Songs / Muckleroy Music.
All rights for Muckleroy Music controlled and administered by Universal Music – MGB Songs.
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Radney Foster – acoustic guitar, vocals
Jon Randall Stewart – mandolin
Marty Mcguire – fiddle
Michael Ramos – accordion
Matt Borer – washboard
Glenn Fukanaga – upright bass
Marc Broussard – background vocals