Bayou Eyes Lyrics

Bayou eyes shine in your windows
Cajun black and creole blue
And city gentlemen with perfect teeth
Come to pay your fee and spend the night with you

Wake me up, wake me, come down Toulouse
We'll go running from the night
And out of darkness I will lay you down
And I will drown you in my light

Come down, come down tonight
Leave your silks and silver, come away with me
Your love cuts like a knife
Twisted in the heart of my sanity

Bayou eyes shine in your windows Cajun black and creole blue
From trestled terraces you wove your spell
And this swamp boy fell in love with you

So throw your bag over the rusty rail
I'll be waiting at the docks
We'll catch a steamboat to the gulf and sail
Where the trade winds wail and the free sea rocks

Come down, come down tonight
Leave your silks and silver, come away with me
Your love cuts like a knife
Twisted in the heart of my sanity
...wake me up, wake me down...

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