Saw an old friend last night I hadn't seen in a couple of years   Stopped in Galatoire's had a couple of beers   Talked about the price of oysters, the coach at LSU   Then like I knew it would the conversation turned to you      He had to go and I looked at my watch, it was 1:45   I headed down canal, the quarter was coming alive   A man on the corner told me that Jesus was coming soon   But I was lost in the music and the crowd and the smell of cheap perfume      It's not good for a man to be alone   But a women needs someone that she can count on   And I walked down by the river in the cold gray dawn   Love is like the Mississippi   When she's gone she's gone      The line was long at Cafe Du Monde so I walked out on the pier   Thought about all the winds and turns and mistakes that got me here   Might as well try to change the course that this old river takes   Than to go back in time when you were mine, pretend it's not too late      It's not good for a man to be alone   But a women needs someone that she can count on   And what I'd give to go back but the current's just too strong   Love is like the Mississippi   When she's gone she's gone      It's not good for a man to be alone   But a women needs someone that she can count on   And what I'd give to go back but the current's just too strong   Love is like the Mississippi   When she's gone she's gone      Yeah she's gone