Verse:   The bayou baby walking down the street all alone   Looking in and out of windows    Searching for home   Cause she ain’t got her own, no, no, uh, uh      The bayou baby used to be a girl on her way   Until she found a bitter letter    Mama hid away   Now baby’s gone astray   Chorus:   No more goodbyes or lessons in the rain   Tattered clothes and darkened eyes   Saddened by the pain she goes down    To the bridge outside of town   Verse:   The bayou baby slips into her color of youth   But this time it feels so different   ‘Cause she knows the truth   She stares at her vermouth   Bridge:   Will she find him here   Or will she find him there   Bourbon Street where the people meet   Or maybe Jackson Square    Can her daddy hear her   Is her daddy near her   She’s looking on the East side   She’s looking on the West side   Can her daddy hear her------   Verse:   New Orleans knows all the secrets   To the beat of her heart   And she wants to know all the answers   Straight from the start   Y’all the baby’s torn apart   Chorus:   No more goodbyes or lessons in the rain   Tattered clothes and darkened eyes   Saddened by the pain   She goes down    To the bridge outside of town   The bayou baby goes down   To the bridge outside of town   The bayou baby goes down   To the bridge outside of town