Black Water Bayou

Growin' up on the bayou

Can drive you outta your mind

Marie was just a youngin'
When she left the black water behind

It all happened one night

In the back of Jimmy's car

Jimmy said Marie you are so pretty
Well you oughta be a movie star

So she packed up her backwood streams
Stole her mama's maybelline
And took the train to new orleans
And swore she was never gonna go go

Back to the black water bayou

Mama said child don't go back on your raisin'

There ain't no place in the city
For a pretty little backstreet cajun

The long hot nights will leave you cold

And there's a devil waitin' on
Every corner tryin' to buy your soul

And with no where to go and nothin' to eat
She got a job dancin' down on bourbon street
But the shoes she's wearin' on her feet
Don't dance like they danced with Jimmy lebeaux

Back on the black water bayou

In the heat of the night

It was the very last show

She walked onto the stage
With her heart and her head hung low

She started to cry cry
As the curtain rolled

She found herself lookin'
In the black water eyes of Jimmy lebeaux

Well he picked up her shattered dreams
Off that stage in new orleans
And said Marie don't you think it's time to go

Back to the black water bayou

Don't you know it's time to go

Back to the black water bayou

Growin' up on the bayou

Can drive you outta your mind

Marie was just a youngin'
When she left the black water behind

It all happened one night

In the back of Jimmy's car

Jimmy said Marie you're so pretty
Well you oughta be a movie star

Growin' up on the bayou

Can drive you outta your mind