If New Orleans is beat, if New Orleans is beat Where does that leave you and me? Don't think about it Your smile is fading a bit, so I ration it Here where the Mississippi quits Where it's still got a bit of Minnesota in it No one will give you a thing

No one ever dares to speak It's nothing else but fantasy Don't stop it now It's make believe Make believe But one day it all will come to life Stop be quite now And I'll teach you how to fly Then away we'll go

All you want is what you can't get back Once you let it go, then you know what you have Don't hold a candle to what you had Sometimes what you think you'll find It ain't quite what real life has in store So be careful what you wish for Don't know what

Well, I work hard everyday Come home straight with my pay My baby either drink it up Or she threw it all away I'm gonna quit my baby If she don't stop cheatin' and lyin' Well, I would rather be alone Than to be worried out of my mind Well, I give her all

Tells me I ain't ready to quit Don't start thinking I'm gonna stop If you think you've seen love you ain't seen nothing yet How could I ever get tired Of waking up by your side And the taste of your sweet kiss Giving it all I got There's something about

I love my man I'm a liar if I say I don't Ever since I've been your babe I ain't good looking And my hair ain't curled But I'll quit my man I'm a liar if I say I won't I've been your slave, baby I've been your slave