Come and go now as you please Your actions write the melodies To the songs that we sing And you just sing And I finally found that life goes on without you And my world still turns when you're not around Is this the way you want it? Is this the way it has to be? Sitting here beside you But my heart's lost in New Orleans Dreams come clever Hearts now severed Difference of forever And I am lost there Come and go now as you please Your actions write the melodies To the songs that we sing And you just sing along out loud