North to Oklahoma to visit the folks East across 40, already half broke Memphis in the daytime is hotter than hell Bound for New Orleans and the Bienville Hotel Down through the delta, the Dockery farm Saw the devil in the moonlight, spinnin' a yarn The night down in Yazoo, we both rested well Dreamin' 'bout crawfish and the Bienville Hotel All of my life I prayed I would find Another lost soul with a travelin' mind The years spent wishing left me ill prepared For the Bienville Hotel and the time that we shared The old Crescent City buzzed like a sign Full of the faithful, sunlight and wine From the moment we laid eyes our hearts gently fell We checked in and made love to the Bienville Hotel All of my life I prayed I would find Another lost soul with a travelin' mind The years spent wishing left me ill prepared For the Bienville Hotel and the time that we shared Ever the rebel, a press your luck teen We dropped our last twenty to a dollar machine When the wheels stopped rollin', there were no ringing bells Back to the showers at the Bienville Hotel All of my life I prayed I would find Another lost soul with a travelin' mind The years spent wishing left me ill prepared For the Bienville Hotel and the time that we shared As we grow old together, one story I'll tell Is how we got back home from the Bienville Hotel