Way down deep in the Lousiana 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, blue eyes 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, blue eyes as a soft shell
A red hot cajun heart
And you know tonight he'll be heading my way
And we 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