Lyrics

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Big old voodoo moon peeks down between the clouds
And leaves its spooky lights
While thunder rolls across the sky
It sure looks like another stormy night

Sweet magnolias bloom
And somewhere far away I hear a train
There's a touch of midnight magic
It's misty Mississippi river rain

Southern queen it must be New Orleans and nights ahead
With lights a burning
Southern queen I hear your paddy wheels a churning
Keep on turning

She was eighteen when I left her there
Look down the lady cryin' on the bayou
While I went off to fight a war
To shoot at men because they were dressed in blue

Back through the years ago
Back up to the musty country lanes
I'm paralyzed and dying
In this misty Mississippi river rain

Southern queen it must be New Orleans and nights ahead
With lights a burning
Southern queen I hear your paddy wheels a churning
Keep on turning

With a touch of midnight magic
In this misty Mississippi river rain

Southern queen it must be New Orleans and nights ahead
With lights a burning
Southern queen I hear your paddy wheels a churning
Keep on turning

Southern queen it must be New Orleans and nights ahead
With lights a burning
Southern queen it must be New Orleans and nights ahead
With lights a burning