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 magnolia blooms
Somewhere far away I hear a train
With a touch of midnight madness
It's misty Mississippi river rain
Southern queen 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
Left the lady alone by the bayou
Well, I went off to fight a war
She led men cause they were dressed in blue
Back through the years ago
Back to the country folks he lay
I'm paralyzed and dying
In this misty Mississippi river rain
Southern queen 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 madness
This misty Mississippi river rain
