Caught a plane to Birmingham   Leaving you was my plan   Then head on south by any means   Thought I might blend in 'round New Orleans      But when the plane got off the ground   I saw your face in a cloud   Saw your tears out on the wing   Don't guess my heart was free to leave      Birmingham would have to wait   For a little later date   And I said I?d see you later, New Orleans   'Cause I knew my rambling ways   Had seen their better days   And suddenly I had a change in dreams      Caught a plane from Birmingham   Back in your arms is where I am   At times we laugh and talk about   The day I did the Birmingham turnaround      Birmingham would have to wait   For a little later date   And I said I?d see you later, New Orleans   'Cause I knew my rambling ways   Had seen their better days   And suddenly I had a change in dreams      Caught a plane from Birmingham   Back in your arms is where I am   At times we laugh and talk about   The day I did the Birmingham turnaround   And now we laugh and talk about   The day I did the Birmingham turnaround