Do you know what it means To miss New Orleans And miss it each night and day I know I'm not wrong The feeling's getting stronger The longer I stay away Miss the moss-covered vines The tall sugar pines Where mocking birds used to sing And I'd like to see the lazy Mississippi A'hurrying to spring The Mardi Gras, the memories Of Creole tunes that filled the air I dream of oleander in June And soon I'm wishing that I was there Do you know what it 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 The Mardi Gras, the memories Of Creole tunes that filled the air I dream of oleander in June And soon I'm wishing that I was there Do you know what it 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