Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans?

I've never been to New Orleans, but I stumbled across this song in my music library today. The version I own is performed by Suede; it brought tears to my eyes for a city I've never seen.

Do you know what it means to miss New Orleans
And miss it each night and day
I know it's not wrong
This feeling's gettin' stronger
The longer I stay away

Miss the moss covered vines
The tall sugar pines
Where mockin' birds used to sing
And I'd like to see that lazy Mississippi
Hurryin' into spring

The moonlight on the bayou
A Creole tune that fills the air
I dream about Magnolias in bloom
And soon I'm wishin' that I was there

Do you know what it means to miss New Orleans
When that's where you left your heart
And there's something more
I miss the one I care for
More than I miss New Orleans