Do you know what it means to miss New Orleans I miss it each night and day I know I'm not wrong The feelings getting stronger The longer I stay away Miss the moss covered vines The tall sugar pines Where mockingbirds use to sing And I'd like to see the lazy Mississippi A hurrying into spring The mardi grass memories Of Creole tunes that fill the air I dream of oleanders in June And soon I'm wishing that I was there Do you know what is means to miss New Orleans When that's where you left your heart And there's something more I miss the one I care for More than I miss New Orleans