Nanci Griffith - Year Down In New Orleans lyrics

I truly need a year down in New Orleans
The hum of a southern drawl
That I could understand
And should you meet my
Sweetheart in New Orleans
Kindly pass my heart into the
Safety of his hands

I remember clover in the fields
South of New Orleans
And we ran so blindly through
The fields of summer cane
Now when I'm lonely i send my
Heart down to New Orleans
To chase my memories alone
Down through my dreams

How I miss the clarity I
Left there in my youth
Will there be another heart who
Can endure my solitude?
His roses grow so lovely in New Orleans
Their petals do recall the
Mysteries in his eyes

Now, should you go to that
Garden in New Orleans
Kindly tend a rose beside his
Heart for me and sigh