Kathy Yolanda Rice - The Bayou Baby lyrics

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Verse:

The bayou baby walking down the street all alone

Looking in and out of windows

Searching for home

Cause she ain’t got her own, no, no, uh, uh

The bayou baby used to be a girl on her way

Until she found a bitter letter

Mama hid away

Now baby’s gone astray

Chorus:

No more goodbyes or lessons in the rain

Tattered clothes and darkened eyes

Saddened by the pain she goes down

To the bridge outside of town

Verse:

The bayou baby slips into her color of youth

But this time it feels so different

‘Cause she knows the truth

She stares at her vermouth

Bridge:

Will she find him here

Or will she find him there

Bourbon Street where the people meet

Or maybe Jackson Square

Can her daddy hear her

Is her daddy near her

She’s looking on the East side

She’s looking on the West side

Can her daddy hear her------

Verse:

New Orleans knows all the secrets

To the beat of her heart

And she wants to know all the answers

Straight from the start

Y’all the baby’s torn apart

Chorus:

No more goodbyes or lessons in the rain

Tattered clothes and darkened eyes

Saddened by the pain

She goes down

To the bridge outside of town

The bayou baby goes down

To the bridge outside of town

The bayou baby goes down

To the bridge outside of town