Big bayou where do you go?   To the river runnin' slow   Into the Gulf of Mexico   Big bayou carry me home      I took a long trip to the city   Determined to get somewhere   I spent all my hard earned money   I had saved, put me there      Big bayou where do you go?   To the river runnin' slow   Into the Gulf of Mexico   Big bayou carry me home      I took a cotton pickin' job in Memphis   The people there treated me good   But my love rained bad in Nashville   I had to walk the streets of Hollywood      Big bayou where do you go?   To the river runnin' slow   Into the Gulf of Mexico   Big bayou carry me home      I'm coming home    Where the fish jump in the air   I don't need a lot of money   'Cause I ain't goin' nowhere      Big bayou where do you go?   To the river runnin' slow   Into the Gulf of Mexico   Big bayou carry me home