I feel so bad, I've got a worried mind

I'm so lonesome all the time

Since I left my baby behind on Blue Bayou



Savin' nickels, savin' dimes

Workin' till the sun don't shine

Lookin' forward to happier times on Blue Bayou



I'm goin back someday, come what may

To Blue Bayou

Where you sleep all day and the catfish play

On blue Bayou



All those fishin' boats with their sails afloat,

If I could only see

That familiar sunrise, through sleepy eyes

How happy I'd be



Oh, to see my baby again

And to be with some of my friends

Maybe I'd be happier then, on Blue Bayou



I'm goin back someday, gonna stay on Blue Bayou

Where the foolks are fine and the world is mine

On Blue Bayou



Oh that girl of mine, by my side,

The silver moon and the evening tide,

Oh some sweet day,

Gonna take away this hurt inside



I'll never be blue,

My dreams come true,

On Blue Bayou