Lyrics

If you get off the beaten track down ?round New Orleans
You might just find the best darn party that you?ve ever seen
It might just be the locals crowded in a shotgun shack
But once you been to a party there you ain?t never going back
There?s moonshine for drinking to make you feel alright
And Cajun girls know how to keep you smiling ?til its light
Ain?t no use to party unless you do it right
On those Bayou Nights ? Let me tell you ?bout Bayou nights
Bayou Nights ? Bayou Nights

Music rolls around the place and echoes in the trees
People keep on dancing ?til they?re dancing on their knees
Folks down here don?t change nothin? ? they like the way it?s been
Ain?t no use in mussing up a real good party scene
There?s moonshine for drinking to make you feel alright
And Cajun girls know how to keep you smiling ?til its light
Ain?t no use to party unless you do it right
On those Bayou Nights ? Let me tell you ?bout Bayou nights
Bayou Nights ? Bayou Nights


People come from Baton Rouge, they come up from Chalmette
Clear across Lake Ponchertrain ? some from Lafeyette
Ain?t no use to party unless you do it right
Jes? be prepared to duck and dive if someone starts a fight
On those Bayou Nights ? Let me tell you ?bout Bayou nights
Bayou Nights ? Bayou Nights

Bayou Nights Words and Music Copyright Chris Betts 1996