might be superstition but some kind of somethin goin on down there it might be superstition but some kind of somethin goin on down there it s an old time tradition when they play their drums at night in congo square you can hear em in the distance and the old folks up the bayou say a prayer you can hear em in the distance and the old folks up the bayou say a prayer that s when the voodoo people gather and they play their drums at night in congo square voodoo people my eyes were not believin what i seen there but i could not turn away my eyes were not believin what i seen there but i could not turn away they had that mojo in motion and i seen em dance in trance with that snake snake dance it might be superstition but when i hear em in the night i say a prayer yeah it might be superstition but when i hear em in the night i say a prayer because i respects tradition like the kind they carry on in congo square