Coachman Rocks - Gone To New Orleans Lyrics

She packed her bags got on that train away she went
Left me standing cold empty heart hell-bent
New Orleans oh that city's gonna swallow her whole
Sweet girl I knew now a strumpet losing her soul

Bars and alleys echoes of laughter mixed with cries
Her innocence drowned dreams crumbled with those lies
Under streetlights whiskey breath heavy clouds
She lost her way in those decadent crowds

Gone to Orleans won't come back changed her name
Left a lover's heart to bask in guilt and shame
New Orleans took the girl I loved so pure
Now a jaded strumpet man I'm not so sure

Midnight alleys sirens scream whores and thieves
She once was mine now lost to deep city seas
Decadent lights counterfeit smiles burning eyes
In Bourbon's shadow drowning in disguise

Remember dances under moonlit skies
When love was true no strumpet's disguise
Now the ghost of our past haunting me wide awake
Wondering just how much a heart can break

Gone to Orleans won't come back changed her name
Left a lover's heart to bask in guilt and shame
New Orleans took the girl I loved so pure
Now a jaded strumpet man I'm not so sure