He was twenty-five, she was twenty-eight
  He was home grown country, she'd just pulled off the interstate
  She bought a Dr. Pepper, ten dollars worth of gas
  She was ovbiously lost but too afraid to ask directions
  So he offered her a smile and a stick of Beech Nut gum
  He said where you headed to girl, where are you coming from
  She said
    New Orleans but that's another story
  New Orleans that's another time
  That's another town, that's another life
    First she stayed a day then she stayed a week
  Couple of months later they were living on his parent's street
  He worked the station and she worked the store
  And then they had a baby and
  Then they had one more little Jesse
    When she dropped the kids off at the mother's day out
  All the ladies had their questions
  But they knew not to ask about
    New Orleans but that's another story
  New Orleans that's another time
  That's another town, that's another life
    Wednesday night supper at the First Baptist Church
  Stranger standin' in the doorway
  As they're passin' out the dessert
  He said go on and pack your bags
  Cause I'm here to take you home
  I'm goin' back to Louisiana
  And woman I ain't gonna go with out you
    There's a few defining moments in every person's life
  When you know what you've done wrong
  And you know what you've done right
  And before the congregation and her husband and her kids
  She says, "How dare you even speak to me
  After everything you did"...in
    New Orleans but that's another story
  New Orleans that's another time
  That's another town, that's another life
    That's another town, that's another life