Best of the Bayou Blues

When I first met you, babe
I was green as I could be
When I first met you, babe
Lord, I was green as I could be
And then you know, I let you in my garden
And you went straight for my cherry tree

You didn't touch my apples
And you didn't want my plums
You just, you wham bam with your axe, baby
And you didn't leave me none
Oh, baby, don't you remember me?
'Cause I'm sure that you're the one who
Who chopped down my cherry tree

Now answer me, babe
And don't just tell a lie
Did you pick all of my cherries
And just leave 'em out to dry?
Oh, baby, don't you remember me?
'Cause I'm sure that you're the one who
Who chopped down my cherry tree

Ohh, I'm standing on a bank
Of the bayou, too much to drink
Yes, I'm standing on a bank
Of the bayou, too much to drink, yeah
I've been waiting all the night
And through out the day, babe
No one in sight

I spent the whole night drinking some wine
I was thinking about you all of the time
There's some thoughts are coming through my mind
I know it's only a matter of time
'Til you come walking down the bank
Of the bayou, too much to drink

I spent the whole night drinking some wine
I was thinking about you, baby, all of the time
There's some thoughts are running through my mind
Yes, I know it's only a matter of time
'Til you come walking down the bank
Of the bayou, babe, too much to drink

Ohh, I'm searching all up and down
For my baby, no where to be found

Can't wait to get back home
where the sun is always
nice and warm

Can't wait to get back home
where the sun is always
nice and warm

You know it's freezin' out here
and that howlin' wind sends a nasty chill through my bones

Oh you know I
shivered myself to sleep last night
the cold won't let me be
That's when I woke up and realized that
this ain't no place for me
and I can't
can't wait to get back home
where the sun is always nice and warm

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You know it's freezin' out here
and that howlin' wind sends a nasty chill through my bones

Solo

Some good old friends got together
and they took me away
from this cold old alley babe
to a warm place I could stay
oh I can't
can't wait to get back home
where the sun is always nice and warm

I'm so happy to see you all
and that old nasty chill is gone

Now everytime I ask you where you gone
You wave bye bye and you blow your horn
You been ridin' around in your Cadillac
It feels like you're never ever comin' back

You been gone too long
You been gone so long
You been a gone, forgone
It feels like you're never gettin' home

I need somebody who treats me right
Keeps me warm in my bed at night
I'll do anything, baby, that you ask me to
Just come right home, honey, when you're through

You been gone so long
You been gone too long
You been gone so long
It feels like you're never comin' home

I drive all night and part of the day
All for the love of the blues I play
But the only thing that keeps me sane
Is drivin' down the Bayou in the pourin' rain, y'all

I been gone too long
I been gone too long
I been gone so long, y'all
It feels like I'm never gettin' home

I been gone too long
I been gone too long
I been gone too long
Baby, baby, I been gone
I been a gone, forgone
It feels sometimes like I'm never gettin' home

1, 2, 3

You got class, baby
Yes, you know that you got style
You got class, baby
Oh, you know that you got style
You got the stuff, baby
The stuff that really drives me wild

I need your lovin'
That's the stuff that I can use
I need your lovin'
That's the stuff that I can use
You got what I want, baby
Lord, I got the blues

Now, you're still at home, baby
And I'm still out here
You got champagne
And I got Dixie beer

You got the birds, baby
I got the bees
You got a sweet little puppy dog, baby
I got the fleas

I need your lovin'
That's the stuff that I can use
You got what I want, baby
Oh and I got the blues, yeah

Now I got somethin'
Oh but I think you got just a little more
I got somethin', baby
Oh but I think you got just a little more
You got the key, baby
To lock me outta my front door