[00:00.00] 作词 : Allan Taylor[00:01.00] 作曲 : Allan Taylor[00:55.70]call it a journey of memories[01:01.79]a journey to bring back the time[01:07.77]through those days of wild abandon[01:14.36]when a young man was in his prime[01:20.83]call it a hopeless fantasy[01:26.93]trying to capture some long lost dreams[01:33.21]when you fell for the dark eyed creole girl[01:39.68]who came from new orleans[01:49.70]take in the latin quarter[01:55.80]the search for a familiar name[02:02.15]but paris has changed since you left her[02:08.37]and nothing much looks the same[02:14.78]fifi's cafe is now a strip club[02:20.50]with the arabian dancing queens[02:27.13]but not one can compare with the creole girl[02:33.78]who came from new orleans[02:43.31]perhaps it was too much to wish for[02:49.65]sometimes it's best to move on[02:56.06]but just for the sake of memories[03:01.72]I'll take a drink for the days long gone[03:08.13]and I went into the cafe chanson[03:14.35]and watched the world from tobacco stained screens[03:20.70]and I thought of the dark eyed creole girl[03:27.04]who came from new orleans[04:01.62]"bonsoir monsieur" said the waitress[04:08.15]"and what can I get for you?"[04:13.93]I said "excuse me for asking this question[04:20.15]but you remind me of someone I knew"[04:26.80]she laughed as if I was crazy[04:32.66]this young girl just out of her teens[04:39.00]but she looked like the dark eyed creole girl[04:45.53]who came from new orleans[04:55.08]I stayed till the bar had emptied[05:01.25]and we shared a bottle of wine[05:06.97]I said "I'm just trying to capture a memory[05:13.25]of love in a different time"[05:19.15]she said "maybe you think of my mother[05:25.50]we look so much alike it seems[05:31.67]she was known as the dark eyed creole girl[05:38.08]who came from new orleans"[05:57.17]how I loved the dark eyed creole girl[06:03.58]who came from new orleans