Deep down in the middle of the bayou
He plays his guitar singing his sad song
A curse to your ears a touch of voodoo 
Steals your soul like a possessed black swan

He makes me cry before I dance
I'm lost in his rhythmic trance
I'll be dancing all night long
Down in the bayou just to rid this pain
And I've yet to see his face
He's called the bayou ghost
Sings when you're hurting the most
Hidden in the shadows of all that's been wrong
Damn that bayou ghost and his sad song

He'll twist your thoughts like crooked limbs
Squeeze your heart till you cry out blood
From deep inside releasing all your hidden sins
Down breaks that levee and the tears flood


He makes me cry before I dance
I'm lost in his rhythmic trance
I'll be dancing all night long
Down in the bayou just to rid this pain
And I've yet to see his face
He's called the bayou ghost
Sings when you're hurting the most
Hidden in the shadows of all that's been wrong
Damn that bayou ghost and his sad song

Come take a dip in this river he sings
I wanna run but I'm compelled to feel this pain
He sings it only gets better after it stings
The hero rises only after a dragon is slain

Oh no no this bayou ghost is tryna take me down
I'm not gonna drown
Damn that bayou ghost and his sad song
He'll keep me dancing till this pain's all gone

He makes me cry before I dance
I'm lost in his rhythmic trance
I'll be dancing all night long
Down in the bayou just to rid this pain
And I've yet to see his face
He's called the bayou ghost
Sings when you're hurting the most
Hidden in the shadows of all that's been wrong
Damn that bayou ghost and his sad song


Deep down in the middle of the bayou
He plays his guitar singing his sad song
A curse to your ears a touch of voodoo 
Steals your soul like a possessed black swan

He makes me cry before I dance
I'm lost in his rhythmic trance
I'll be dancing all night long
Down in the bayou just to rid this pain
And I've yet to see his face
He's called the bayou ghost
Sings when you're hurting the most
Hidden in the shadows of all that's been wrong
Damn that bayou ghost and his sad song