the texas sun beats down upon me like the devil s smile i d rather be anywhere else than here was it a blinding lack of subtlety or just a lack of style responding to the ways and means of fear chorus take me back to new orleans and drop me at my door cause i might love you yeah but i love me more verse 2 my fingertips are bitten til there s nothing left but skin i d rather be anyone else right now the light that shone within my eyes is slowly growing dim she told me where told me when but never said how chorus take me back to new orleans and don t call me anymore cause i might love you yeah but i love me more bridge how can i make this unhappen you cannot make this unhappen choose before your choices fade away i could be home by tomorrow if i could beg steal or borrow i said you re there you might as well stay