The Bayou

Verse 1

Screens humming

Still stuck inside that screen

Four walls feeling like a cage

Better ways to spend the early age

Clock strikes five

Watch the humid swamp come alive

Pre-Chorus

Diesel engine purring low

Trailer hitching for the show

Mist is hanging on the knees

Old moss shaking in the breeze

Chorus

Heading to the bayou

Slipping through the bayou

Tupelo and cypress towering tall

I can hear the bullfrog call

Wait for the water to break

Lines in the dark glassy lake

See the scales and golden eyes

Watching where the shadow lies

Verse 2

Black bird

Wings cutting through the heat

Dragonflies dancing on the thick weeds

Picking out the lures my daddy needs

Coffee steaming

Tastes better than the dreaming

Pre-Chorus

Slider turtles on the log

Pushing through the heavy fog

Silver flash beneath the boat

Keep the heavy net afloat

Chorus

Heading to the bayou

Slipping through the bayou

Tupelo and cypress towering tall

I can hear the bullfrog call

Wait for the water to break

Lines in the dark glassy lake

See the scales and golden eyes

Watching where the shadow lies

Bridge

V-shaped ripples on the surface

Giant tail swinging with a purpose

Eight feet of teeth and ancient pride

Nowhere for a nervous man to hide

Chorus

Heading to the bayou

Slipping through the bayou

Tupelo and cypress towering tall

I can hear the bullfrog call

Wait for the water to break

Lines in the dark glassy lake

See the scales and golden eyes

Watching where the shadow lies