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Landreth

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, chere, just a little bit longer

You'll be gone so long out West

Stay, chere, just a little bit longer

Do pass 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

Wont shake her haunting words to me:

Lay, chere, just a little bit longer

You'll be gone so long out West

Stay, chere, just a little bit longer

Do pass 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, chere, just a little bit longer

You'll be gone so long out West

Stay, chere, just a little bit longer

Do pass back to Bayou Teche

Lay, chere, just a little bit longer

You'll be gone so long out West

Stay, chere, just a little bit longer

And do pass back to Bayou Teche