I think back to the time   When I first saw your face   You were walkin' across the delta   To your cold and lonely place   You know, I took you for a small girl   Really not quite seventeen   Oh, Lord, but I was wrong, oh so wrong   You're like a woman I've never seen      Dark eyed Cajun woman   Where are you comin' from   Your soul is in the back woods   They say you never had a home   But I'm gonna know you better   If it takes all night and day   Dark eyed Cajun woman   You'll never get away, no, no      Now the evenin' breeze is blowin'   I hear your voice most everywhere   Your coal black eyes   They are dancin' in the starlight   Warmin' the cold night air   It's so beautiful, you know I have to say   Dark eyed Cajun woman   You'll never get away