Elvis Presley — New Orleans

[Verse 1] (You'll never know) You'll never know (What heaven means) What heaven means Until you've been down to New Orleans (New Orleans) You ain't been livin' till you cuddle and coo With a black-eyed baby by thee old bayou [Verse 2] (You've never seen) You've never seen (Cupie doll queens) You've never seen those cupie doll queens Like they got them in New Orleans (New Orleans) And, ooh, they love you like no one can It makes you awful glad that you were born a man [Verse 3] If-if-if you ain't been there (been there) Then you ain't been nowhere (nowhere) The living’s lazy and the loving’s fine (it's so fine) If you feel low down (low down) So help me Hannah (Hannah) You should lose the blues in Louisi-ouisi-ouisiana [Verse 4] Get the lead Get the lead out of your jeans And hot foot it down, hot foot down to where? New Orleans (New Orleans) Louisiana baby tells you stay awhile (yeah) Live it up, love it up, southern style Way down in New (down in New) New Orleans