It was a dream I had a long time ago 

Louisiana rain comes falling down 

It was a song I sang a long time ago 

It was the girl I tried to sing it with 

And the colors that she wore to bed 



Momma told her not to go 

Daddy threw the radio 

Didn't think you'd really care 

Atchafalaya love affair 

Louisiana 



He was a bayou boy, he wore the corduroy 

It was safe to say he lived his life in chains 

He was the great white hurting 

She was a bible girl, wasn't known to whirl 

She was all she ever thought that she could be 

Maybe just a little bit more tonight for me 



Momma told her not to go 

Daddy threw the radio 

Didn't think you'd really care 

Atchafalaya love affair 

Louisiana...went a little like this 



It was a dream I had a long time ago 

Louisiana, Roosevelt, and me 

Walking backwards in the rain 

It was a song I sang a long time ago 

It was the girl I tried to sing it with 

And the colors that she wore to bed 



Momma told her not to go 

Daddy threw the radio 

Didn't think you'd really care 

Atchafalaya love affair 

Louisiana love 

Atchafalaya along with me 

Louisiana love... 

It went a little like this