Blue Bayou foi escrita por Roy Orbison e Joe Melson e se tornou um sucesso em ambas as versões de Roy Orbison em 1961 e Linda Ronstadt em 1977. A música fala sobre anseio e esperança, olhando para trás para um lugar e tempo mais simples, refletindo sobre um lugar idílico onde o cantor deseja retornar.
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I feel so bad, I got a worried mind; I'm so lonesome all the time
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Since I left my baby behind on Blue Bayou
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Saving nickels, saving dimes; working till the sun don't shine
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Looking forward to happier times on Blue Bayou
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I'm going back someday, come what may to Blue Bayou
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Where the folks are fine, and the world is mine on Blue Bayou
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Where those fishing boats with their sails afloat, if I could only see
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That familiar sunrise through sleepy eyes, how happy I'd be
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Gonna see my baby again; Gonna be with some of my friends
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Maybe I'll feel better again on Blue Bayou
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Saving nickels, saving dimes; working till the sun don't shine
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Looking forward to happier times on Blue Bayou
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I'm going back someday, come what may to Blue Bayou
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Where the folks are fine, and the world is mine on Blue Bayou
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Where those fishing boats with their sails afloat, if I could only see
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That familiar sunrise through sleepy eyes, how happy I'd be
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Oh, that boy of mine by my side, the silver moon and the evening time
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Oh, some sweet day, gonna take away this hurtin' inside