The wind tonight ain't all that cries
Leaves like tears fall outside
She knows I'm blowing with the season change
Looking at me and I hear her say:
Lay, chèr, just a little bit longer
You'll be gone so long out West
Stay, chèr, just a little bit longer
Do pa** back to Bayou Teche
The wheel I turn ain't all that moans
Crossing this levee road alone
The gravel I bust and the dust I breathe
Won't shake her haunting words to me:
Lay, chèr, just a little bit longer
You'll be gone so long out West
Stay, chèr, just a little bit longer
Do pa** back to Bayou Teche
The road I'm on ain't all that bends
My will is breaking down again
The Gulf of Mexico to Monterey Bay
Till I turn myself around I'm gonna hear her say:
Lay, chèr, just a little bit longer
You'll be gone so long out West
Stay, chèr, just a little bit longer
Do pa** back to Bayou Teche
Lay, chèr, just a little bit longer
You'll be gone so long out West
Stay, chèr, just a little bit longer
And do pa** back to Bayou Teche