Way down deep in the Lousianna swamp
Where the sun don't ever shine
There's a long-haired boy fishing on the bayou
He's got my heart on the line
He's got coal black hair eyes blue
As a soft shell a red hot cajun heart
And you know tonight he'll be heading my way
And he won't be afraid of the dark
Who's that walking through the swamp tonight
Slipping by the gators in the pale moonlight
Coming my way to make me feel just right
It's my bayou boy bayou boy
The days are long as a shrimpboat's trawl
And they drag into the night
The nights are warm as the delta sun
And as free as a Yankee dime
And I'm just sitting with my rat-tail fan
In the land of the cajun moon
Waiting for a sign that he made a catch
And he'll be coming home real soon
Who's that walking through the swamp tonight
Slipping by the gators in the pale moonlight
Coming my way to make me feel just right
It's my bayou boy
Who's that walking through the swamp tonight
Slipping by the gators in the pale moonlight
Coming my way to make me feel just right
Way down deep in the Lousiana swamp
Where the sun don't ever shine
There's a long-haired boy fishing on the bayou
Someday's he's gonna be mine
He's got coal black hair eyes blue
As a soft shell a red hot cajun heart
And you know tonight he'll be heading my way
And he won't be afraid of the dark
Who's that walking through the swamp tonight
Slipping by the gators in the pale moonlight
Coming my way to make me feel just right
It's my bayou boy
Bayou boy
Bayou boy
