Released: June 18, 1976
Songwriter: Floyd Guilbeau
Producer: Tom Dowd
[Verse 1]
I took a long, long trip to the city
I was determined to get somewhere
I spent all my hard earned money
I had saved to put me there
[Chorus]
Big bayou, where did you go now?
To the river that's running slow
And to the Gulf of Mexico
Big bayou, carry me home
[Interlude]
Guitar, woo!
[Verse 2]
I took a cotton picking job in Memphis
And the people there treated me good
But my luck run bad in Nashville
I had to walk the streets of Hollywood
[Chorus]
Big bayou, where did you go now?
To the river that's running slow
Into the Gulf of Mexico
Big bayou, carry me home
[Interlude]
Ow!
Hit me
Gotta get away
Gotta find a way
Gotta get a way home
Oh yeah
Oh yeah
Oh yeah
[Verse 3]
Oh Lord, I'm going home
Where the fish jump in the air
You know I don't need a lot of money
'Cause I ain't going nowhere
[Chorus]
Big bayou, where did you go now?
To the river that's running slow
Into the Gulf of Mexico
Big bayou, carry me home
[Interlude]
Oh yeah
Woo!
[Chorus]
Big bayou, where did you go now?
To the river that's running slow
Into the Gulf of Mexico
Big bayou, carry me home
Big bayou, carry me home
To the river that's running slow
Into the Gulf of Mexico
Big bayou, where did you go?
[Outro]
I'm gonna catch a southbound
Train home one of these days
I took a long, long trip to the city
I was determined to get somewhere
I spent all my hard earned money
I had saved to put me there
[Chorus]
Big bayou, where did you go now?
To the river that's running slow
And to the Gulf of Mexico
Big bayou, carry me home
[Interlude]
Guitar, woo!
[Verse 2]
I took a cotton picking job in Memphis
And the people there treated me good
But my luck run bad in Nashville
I had to walk the streets of Hollywood
[Chorus]
Big bayou, where did you go now?
To the river that's running slow
Into the Gulf of Mexico
Big bayou, carry me home
[Interlude]
Ow!
Hit me
Gotta get away
Gotta find a way
Gotta get a way home
Oh yeah
Oh yeah
Oh yeah
[Verse 3]
Oh Lord, I'm going home
Where the fish jump in the air
You know I don't need a lot of money
'Cause I ain't going nowhere
[Chorus]
Big bayou, where did you go now?
To the river that's running slow
Into the Gulf of Mexico
Big bayou, carry me home
[Interlude]
Oh yeah
Woo!
[Chorus]
Big bayou, where did you go now?
To the river that's running slow
Into the Gulf of Mexico
Big bayou, carry me home
Big bayou, carry me home
To the river that's running slow
Into the Gulf of Mexico
Big bayou, where did you go?
[Outro]
I'm gonna catch a southbound
Train home one of these days
Trilogy: Three Classic Albums
- I Don’t Want to Talk About It
- It’s Not the Spotlight
- How Long
- The Killing of Georgie, Pts. 1 & 2
- The Wild Side of Life
- Stone Cold Sober
- Three Time Loser
- Pretty Flamingo
- Only a Boy
- Tora, Tora, Tora (Out with the Boys)
- Trade Winds
- All in the Name of Rock ‘N’ Roll
- Fool for You
- Sonny
- Never Give Up On a Dream
- Alright for an Hour
- Sailing
- Young Turks
- Tear It Up
- Tonight’s the Night (Gonna Be Alright)
- Drift Away
- Tonight I’m Yours (Don’t Hurt Me)
- This Old Heart of Mine
- Still Love You
- Big Bayou
- The First Cut Is the Deepest
- The Balltrap
- Just Like a Woman
- Jealous
- A Night on the Town (Deluxe Edition) (1976)
- A Night on the Town (1976)
- Trilogy: Three Classic Albums (2005)
- I Don’t Want to Talk About It
- Da Ya Think I’m Sexy?
- Young Turks
- Maggie May
- Forever Young
- Love Is
- Sailing
- Handbags & Gladrags
- Da Ya Think I’m Sexy? (Remix)
- Maggie May (Live)
- Faith of the Heart
- Tonight’s the Night (Gonna Be Alright)
- Every Picture Tells a Story
- Have I Told You Lately
- Didn’t I
- Baby Jane
- You’re in My Heart (The Final Acclaim)
- The First Cut Is the Deepest
- When I Need You
- Downtown Train
- Rhythm of My Heart
- Hot Legs
- I Only Have Eyes for You
- Missing You