Story Behind The Song

I started out with the lines: "Headin' down to Mardi Gras. Going to find a little Cajun girl to play a little ooh la la" and built the rest of the song around that.

Song Description

About a man who is in a relationship with a good woman...but he's not satisfied. He's always off looking for something better. His woman always takes him back but he realizes that she deserves better...and knows that one day she'll realize it as well.

Lyrics

Went on down to Mexico ?cause I had to try to get away
I had my mind made up this time I was going to stay
Not a week?s gone by and I?m heading back home to you
Why I left you honey I really don?t have a clue
A restless feeling grabs my soul and I don?t know what to do.
...Coming back home.

Last year it was New Orleans, heading down for Mardi Gras
Went looking for a Cajun girl to play a little ooh-la-la
Those spicy bayou honeys couldn?t compare to you
Couldn?t even find me one who could fix me up a decent roux
In three weeks I?m back home again to the best thing I ever knew
...Darlin? that?s you

Lead

Why I can?t be satisfied is a mystery to me
?Cause you?re about everything that a man could ever need
I?m challenged by the wonder of what I?ve missed in life
I can?t see the benefit of having the perfect wife
But when I go out on these jaunts it fills my world with strife
...Missin? my home

Why you take me back each time I just can?t see
You?re too beautiful to take stuff like this off me
I guess your love for me has gone and made you blind
There?ll come a time when you send me down the line
And when I have to face that day it?s gonna mess up my mind
...Gonna stay home