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