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