Fever for the Bayou
Fever for the Bayou: Craving Home in Muddy Waters
Lyrics
Got the fever for the bayou
Expressing a strong desire or passion for the bayou.
Muddy Waters take me home
Referencing the influential blues musician Muddy Waters and expressing a desire to return home.
Got the fever for the bayou
Reiterating the strong desire or passion for the bayou.
Muddy Waters take me home
Repeating the reference to Muddy Waters and the desire to return home.
I get high up on the mountains
Indicating a feeling of elevation or ecstasy in mountainous areas.
But I know where I belong
Acknowledging the temporary enjoyment in the mountains but emphasizing the sense of belonging elsewhere.
Down the Mississippi river
Mentioning the geographical location along the Mississippi River.
To the Gulf of Mexico
Expressing a journey down the Mississippi River towards the Gulf of Mexico.
Down the Mississippi river
Repeating the journey down the Mississippi River and emphasizing the destination at the Gulf of Mexico.
To the Gulf of Mexico
Stressing the destination at the Gulf of Mexico and hinting at finding a connection there.
A Where I find my Cajun babe
Expressing the speaker's intention to find their Cajun partner and engage in zydeco dancing.
And I dance a zydeco
Reinforcing the desire to dance to zydeco music with a Cajun partner in the Louisiana Bayou.
Wants to take me to the Mardi Gras
Desire to be taken to the Mardi Gras celebration.
Just south of New Orleans
Specifically locating the Mardi Gras south of New Orleans and expressing a willingness to go there.
Take me down to the Mardi Gras
Reiterating the desire to be taken to the Mardi Gras celebration.
In south of New Orleans
Emphasizing the location of the Mardi Gras as south of New Orleans and expressing eagerness to go there.
A to the Louisiana Bayou
Referring to the Louisiana Bayou as a dream for a Cajun man.
That's a Cajun man's dream
Highlighting the significance of the Louisiana Bayou in the speaker's dreams and desires.
Got the fever for the bayou
Reiterating the strong desire or passion for the bayou.
Muddy Waters take me home
Repeating the reference to Muddy Waters and the desire to return home.
Got the fever for the bayou
Reiterating the strong desire or passion for the bayou.
Muddy Waters take me home
Repeating the reference to Muddy Waters and the desire to return home.
I get high up on the mountains
Indicating a feeling of elevation or ecstasy in mountainous areas.
But I know where I belong
Acknowledging the temporary enjoyment in the mountains but emphasizing the sense of belonging elsewhere.
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