Blue Bayou Lyrics

I saw you walking

From afar

I called your name

Hey

If only you could feel

This aching

And not think

It means I'd rather

Have stayed

I spoke with a nighthawk

To inquire

How he stays awake

Through all the smallest hours

To ensure all those he loves get home

Safe

How he laughed

Kid, I do it for the prey

I told him anyway

That I'm gonna stay awake

'Cause I'm gonna find you

In the blue bayou

The blue bayou

Well, I know

All seasons have bookends

That decide

When they come and go

And you can't

Control the timing

You might as well

Try and teach a river how

To flow

No

Does it make you want to laugh

Things that should grieve you to the

Core

Depending on the day

I could take it or leave it

Or start all over

A pillar of salt good for nothing

In the wind

Like no matter where I am

Sisyphus won't bring breakfast in bed

Like a neighbor nosing in

All day on the lawn, he is smiling

As he trudges up the hill again

Trudges up the hill

Trudges up the hill again

Ooh-ooh

Ooh-ooh-oh

Ooh-ooh

Ooh-ooh-oh

And I wonder if I ought to fight him

Wipe that smile off

Or maybe he would let me win like Jacob's angel

Grinning like a gambler

And walking with a limp