Well I thought I?d go out to Tulsa

And ride in a rodeo

Red beans and rice sure would be nice

Back where the Mississippi River flows



And it's a long way back to Vicksburg

Mississippi River is muddy and wide

But it don't seem like much

When sweet Louisiana's waitin? on the other side



Well there's a lot of room up in Canada

Where a man catch his breath

But the men are bold and the women are cold

And you damn near freeze to death



And it's a long way back to Vicksburg

Mississippi River is muddy and wide

But it don't seem like much

When sweet Louisiana's waitin? on the other side



There?s pretty girls in Kansas City

And a man can have a ball

But the women in Ouachita Parish

Drive a young man up the wall



And it's a long way back to Vicksburg

Mississippi River is muddy and wide

But it don't seem like much

When sweet Louisiana's waitin? on the other side



Well I thought I?d go out to Tulsa

And ride in a rodeo

Red beans and rice sure would be nice

Back where the Mississippi River flows



And it's a long way back to Vicksburg

Mississippi River is muddy and wide

But it don't seem like much

When sweet Louisiana's waitin? on the other side



'Cause it don't seem like much

When sweet Louisiana's waitin? on the other side