Fire on the bayou Fire on the bayou Fire on the bayou Fire on the bayou Down in New Orleans, in Lucky's din He wouldn't deal y'all for a 5th of gin One dude wanted a bottle of wine Hit that dude yes he did up for a dollar and a dime Fire on the bayou Fire on the bayou Take a little toke on your smoke Buy yourself a bottle of wine Cool, cool wine going down your throat Don't try and tell me don't make you feel fine Fire on the bayou Fire on the bayou I got a nickel now, you got a dime Let's get together and have a good time Goin' to buy a fifth, going to buy a joint When you gettin' down now, you doin' things right" "I got swamp water runnin' through my veins The Mississippi River can't be tamed I pole my pirogue in the middle of the night I'm an uptown ruler, I can do it right"