Black Water Bayou Full Lyrics
[00:14.03] Growin' up on the bayou can drive you outta your mind.
[00:19.07] Marie was a youngin' when she left the Black Water behind.
[00:26.05] It all happened one night
[00:29.02] In the back of Jimmy's car
[00:33.02] Jimmy said 'Marie, your so pretty, well you oughta be a movie star.'
[00:39.08] So she packed up her backwood streams
[00:43.09] Stole her mama's Mabeline
[00:45.00] And took the train to New Orleans
[00:49.03] And swore she was never gonna go
[00:53.06] Back to the Black Water Bayou
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[01:01.06] Mama said, 'Child, don't go back on your raisin"
[01:06.09] 'There ain't no place in the city for a pretty little backstreet cagian'
[01:13.02] 'The long hard nights, will leave you cold.'
[01:19.08] 'And there's a devil 'round every corner tryin' to buy your soul.'
[01:26.08] And with no where to go, and nothin' to eat
[01:29.06] She got a job dancin' down on Urban Street
[01:32.03] But the shoes she's wearin' on her feet
[01:35.03] Don't dance like they danced with Jimmy Lavoe
[01:40.04] Back on the Black Water Bayou
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[02:00.07] In the heat of the night
[02:03.05] It was the very last show
[02:06.09] She walked onto the stage with her heart and her head hung low
[02:12.08] She started to cry [cry]
[02:15.03] As the curtain rolled
[02:19.06] She found herself lookin' in the Black Water eyes of Jimmy Lavoe
[02:25.00] Well he picked up her shattered dreams
[02:29.07] On that stage in New Orleans
[02:32.08] Said, 'Marie, don't you think it's time to go'
[02:39.01] 'Back to the Black Water Bayou?'
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