BLUE BAYOU
(Joe Melson / Roy Orbison)

Roy Orbison - 1963
Linda Ronstadt - 1977

Also recorded by : Lynn Anderson; Henry Arland; Ed Bruce;
Byrd Burton; Frank Chacksfield; Enrique Chia; 
The Countdown Singers; The Cox Family; Floyd Cramer; Norma Eliza;
Bruce Foulke; Las Guitarras del Renacimiento; 
Engelbert Humperdinck; Robi Kahakalau; Shelly Lares; Raul Malo;
Mantovani; Michelle; Molasses Creek; Alain Morisod; Wayne Newton;
The Romantic Strings; Lewis Ross; Shelly; Brush Shiels; Spectrum;
The Starlite Orch.; Slim Whitman.


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 thru 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