Don't come to me telling me about your pain Just hold me all night long Don't come to me telling me about your troubles Just hold me all night long Then there ain't gonna be no rain And it's gonna shine all night long Shine all night long Then Julia said to me Chorus: "I don't wanna go down by the bayou Mamma heard it's kind of crazy down there She don't wanna go down by the bayou She heard a lot of rumors about people down there" And there ain't nothing wrong with the trying to change And make a simple living man out of me No, there ain't nothing wrong with the trying to change And make a simple living man out of me So I'm gonna give it up for my love That means you Stand up and give it up for your love Your love, oh Whoa, my, no, no That means you Then there ain't gonna be no rain And it's gonna shine all night long Shine all night long And then she said again Repeat Chorus So c'mon Don't come to me telling me about your pain Just hold me all night long And there ain't gonna be no rain And it's gonna shine all night long Shine all night long Then Julia said again Repeat Chorus Whoa, whoa (whoa) Down by the bayou Whoa, whoa (whoa) Down by the bayou Down by the bayou I'm wondering in the bayou