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Do You Know What It Means (To Miss New Orleans?) Lyrics
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, tall sugar pines
Where mockingbirds used to sing
I'd love to see that old lazy Mississippi
Hurrying into Spring
The moonlight on the bayou
A Creole tune that fills the air
I dream about magnolias in bloom
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
And miss it each night and day
I know I'm not wrong, the feeling's getting stronger
The longer I stay away
Where mockingbirds used to sing
I'd love to see that old lazy Mississippi
Hurrying into Spring
A Creole tune that fills the air
I dream about magnolias in bloom
And I'm wishin' I was there
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
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Submitted by
songmeanings On Feb 06, 2012
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This is one of the most classic songs of nostalgia. At first, we think it is just about yearning for the city of New Orleans, but then Armstrong reveals that he misses "the one I care for" more than New Orleans itself. This is ironic, since the one he cares for also is bound to New Orleans, and his memories of both of them are intertwined. I wonder how Armstrong would sing this after Katrina hit New Orleans in '05? Perhaps with a bit more heaviness and sadness and less of a comic trombone sound in the background?