I left Louisiana, I had me big plans To go out an' take me all over this land To see me the world, I left my sweet girl And gave it a whirl but now here I stand Along side the road with holes in my soul an' my shoes And beaucoups of blues
Oh, sweet magnolia, breath carried over The marsh by a breeze from the gulf I'm comin' home - comin' home I've had me enough
Oh, where are the things I saw in my dreams Where's the happy that freedom should bring I see me today and know yesterday That I threw away my most precious things I see me a man who's lonely wants only to lose Beaucoups of blues
Oh, sweet magnolia, breath carried over The marsh by a breeze from the gulf I'm comin' home - comin' home I've had me enough I'm comin' home - comin' home I've had me enough