Bayou Christmas

Yeah, Josephine wants a brand new car
Uncle Wilfred wants a cherry red guitar
Crazy Lucille
And Aunt Manoo
Stringing lights on the cypress trees
Down on the bayou

We got gumbo cooking
Oysters stewing
Yeah the trinity’s swimming in the roux
Records playing
Momma’s on the front porch swaying
Robicheux is belting out some blues

I don’t need
Nothing at all
Nothing at all
It’s true
The only thing missing
This Christmas on the bayou
Is you
Oh, yeah

We got painted oyster shells
On a Christmas tree
Yeah they’re dangling right next to my
Mardi Gras beads
Oh, my cousin Rosalie
And that crazy Roxanne
Yeah they’re spiking the eggnog
Got everybody dancing

Gumbo cooking
Oysters are stewing
Yeah the trinity’s been added
To the roux
We got Gatemouth playing
Walter Wolfman blazing
Russell’s setting up the groove

And I don’t need
Nothing at all
I don’t want no purse
I don’t need no shoes, no
Cuz the only thing missing
This Christmas on the bayou
Is you

Hey, come back baby
Here they come
Here they come
Here they come
Fresh out the skillet
Momma’s boudin balls

There they go
There they go
Not one left at all
I didn’t get one y’all

Got gumbo cooking
Oysters are brewing
Ooh, crab legs are dancing in the roux
Yeah, yeah, yeah
My Daddy’s on the guitar playing
Momma’s on the front porch swaying, yeah
Young Lion is setting up the groove
Yeah, belting out the blues

I don’t need, no
Nothing at all
Whoa, nothing, no nothing, no nothing
It’s true

Only thing missing
This Christmas on the bayou
Is you
Yeah, yeah

We’re on the front porch rockin’
We got our popcorn poppin’
I just need a miracle
In my stocking, it’s true, yeah

The only thing missing
This Christmas on the bayou
Is you, baby you, you
Oh, whoo

I said Daddy’s on the guitar rockin’
Yeah, whoa
Oooh all I need right here
Is you