now when i was just a little boy standing to my daddy s knee my papa said son dont let the man get you do what he done to me cause itll get ya cause itll get you now i can remember the fourth of july running through the backwood bare i can still hear old hound dogs barkin chasing down a hoodoo there chasing down a hoodoo there born on the bayou born on the bayou born on the bayou yeah born out there well i wish i was back on the bayou rolling with some cajun queen wishin i were a freight train no just a chooglin on down to new orleans born on the bayou born on the bayou born on the bayou yeah yeah running through the backwood bell i could still hear my chihuahua barking chasing down that who do there chasing down the who do there born on the bayou born on the bayou born on the bayou yeah everyone thats where im from and what i said