do you know what it means to miss new orleans and miss her each night and day i know i m not wrong because the feeling s getting stronger the longer i stay away miss the moss covered vines tall sugar pines where mockingbirds used to sing i d love to see that old lazy mississippi running in the spring moonlight on the bayous creole tunes fill the air i dream about magnolias in june and i m wishin i was there do you know what it means to miss new orleans when that s where you left your heart and there s one thing more i miss the one i care for more than i miss new orleans