Bayou Bum Song Lyrics and Chords by Johnny Paycheck
Bayou Bum
Recorded by Johnny Paycheck
Written by Donny Young, Aubrey Mayhew, Arnie Adams
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Well I fish all day from my boat that's the way I make my living
I got an old greasy dog and a riverboat for my
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home
I'm a
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s common as a stream-boat on the Mississippi river
Yeah I'm a bayou bum and what littl
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e bit I got is m
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Yeah I'm a bayou bum and I wouldn't work if I could
Yeah I'm a scavenger on the river and it treats m
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good
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Dreaming and a wishing fighting and a fishing that's all I've ever done
You can do as you please but as for me I'
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m gonna stay a bayo
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There ain't a thing on the Mississippi river I ain't seen
Yeah I fought my way from Memphis to New
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Yeah
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I've had people say I'm as no good as they come
But the words don't hurt th
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e likes of a bayo
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Well I've had many chances to marry but I've turned them down
Yeah I've left pretty little girls crying in many waterfron
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And
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if I die tonight you can say I've had my fun
Yeah loving and living the
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life of a bayou
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bum
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FAQ
Who sang the the song Bayou Bum?
- The song Bayou Bum was sang by Johnny Paycheck.
Who is Johnny Paycheck?
- Johnny Paycheck (born Donald Eugene Lytle May 31, 1938 - February 19, 2003) was an American country music singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and Grand Ole Opry member notable for recording the David Allan Coe song "Take This Job and Shove It". He achieved his greatest success in the 1970s as a force in country music's "outlaw movement" popularized by artists Hank Williams Jr., Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Billy Joe Shaver, and Merle Haggard. In the 1980s, his music career slowed due to drug, alcohol and legal problems. He served a prison sentence in the early 1990s and his declining health effectively ended his career in early 2000. In 1980, Paycheck appeared on the PBS music program Austin City Limits (season 5).
