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Ma cheri, she has left me for good
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After I gave my love for so long
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She's out there with somebody new
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And I just can't sit here alone, no
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But it's so hard to drive with these tears in my eyes
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And it takes a long time to get to Baton Rouge
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And all I want is to hear somebody play my song
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When a Cajun man gets the blues
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When I'm feeling the weight of the water
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Lord I know that there's blues in the Quarter
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If I could hold back my tears and make it there, I'd be alright
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But I might need ya, New Orleans, every night
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I don't know where I'd be without you
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Yeah, you've been there for me all the while
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From Lafayette, to Thibodaux, to Lake Charles
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From Natchitoches, to Shreveport, to Grand Isle
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When I'm feeling the pain, the bayou's callin' my name
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And that's an offer that I can't refuse
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Oh,it's hard to miss you, Louisiana
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When a Cajun man gets the blues
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Yes it's hard to miss you, Louisiana
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When this Cajun man gets the blues