everybody s had a few now they re talking about who knows who i m going back to the crescent city where everything s still the same this town has said what it has to say now i m after that back highway and the longest bridge i ever crossed over pontchartrain tu le ton son ton that s what we say we used to dance the night away me and my sister me and my brother we used to walk down by the river mama lives in mandeville i can hardly wait until i can hear my zydeco and laissez le bons temps rouler and take rides in open cars my brother knows where the best bars are let s see how these blues will do in the town where the good times stay tu le ton son ton that s what we say we used to dance the night away me and my sister me and my brother we used to walk down by the river tu le ton son ton that s what we say we used to dance the night away me and my sister me and my brother we used to walk down by the river