New Orleans Waltz

When I was a child my momma would sing
Sing me to sleep, and into my dreams
And to this day it still comes to mind
When I found myself in troublesome times

When she was a girl they moved from her home
Out to the land where the Pontchartrain roams
There on a fine, spring April day
A young man in uniform stole her heart away

They ran and they laughed like pups in the field
Spoke of their wishes and all they would build
There in the flowers they laid without care
He sang her this lullaby that painted the air

May red roses dance in your head
And bluebonnets bloom o'er your bed
And sunflowers fill up your dreams
For heaven is springtime in New Orleans

Days they did pass and months turned to years
And all of their promises gave way to her fears
She went to the field where once they laid down
And kneeling she sang to him
While clutching the ground

May red roses dance in your head
And bluebonnets bloom o'er your bed
And sunflowers fill up your dreams
For heaven is springtime in New Orleans

It wasn't til I was near twenty years old
Did my mother tell me this story untold
"A present," she said, "unwrapped and unseen"
Til she saw in my eyes their meadow of green

Nine April springs have come and left tears
For her sweetest memory still rings in my ears
And to this day it still comes to mind
When I find myself in troublesome times

May red roses dance in your head
And bluebonnets bloom o'er your bed
And sunflowers fill up your dreams
For heaven is springtime
Heaven is springtime
Heaven is springtime in New Orleans
Hmmm, hmmm



Credits
Writer(s): Kimberly M'carver
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