She comes with baggage
but she travels light
he saw her dancing on the tables
in the crescent moon's delight
too much the hero
he'd try to rescue her
take me far away from here
take me far away from here

and in one hand she held a flower
and in the other a knife
the flower to free her from her blues
and the knife to cut her loose

he spits on the floor
on the Southern Crescent northbound
he took her to New York
but left in the cold
did he expect a mother
or does he need a whore

Refrain

don't ever leave me alone

Southern Crescent southbound
back to New Orleans
here the confusin' ain't so confusin'
and know everybody there

oh why did I leave here
to be left out in cold
while my love is all around me
where the southern breezes blow

and in one hand she held a flower
and in the other the sun
the flower that freed her from her blues
and the son that cut her loose...