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