Intro: Ma cheri, she has left me for good After I gave my love for so long She's out there with somebody new And I just can't sit here alone, no But it's so hard to drive with these tears in my eyes And it takes a long time to get to Baton Rouge And all I want is to hear somebody play my song When a Cajun man gets the blues When I'm feeling the weight of the water Lord I know that there's blues in the Quarter If I could hold back my tears and make it there, I'd be alright But I might need ya, New Orleans, every night I don't know where I'd be without you Yeah, you've been there for me all the while From Lafayette, to Thibodaux, to Lake Charles From Natchitoches, to Shreveport, to Grand Isle When I'm feeling the pain, the bayou's callin' my name And that's an offer that I can't refuse Oh,it's hard to miss you, Louisiana When a Cajun man gets the blues Yes it's hard to miss you, Louisiana When this Cajun man gets the blues