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 some day, 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 happy then on Blue Bayou

I'm goin' back some day, gonna stay on Blue Bayou

Where the folks are fine and the world is mine on Blue Bayou

Ah, that girl of mine by my side, the silver moon and the evening tide

Ah, some sweet day gonna take away this hurtin' inside

I'll never be blue, my dreams come true

On Blue Bayou