Lyrics

Shadows In These Bayous (Words: Mike Appel & Music: Rob Martin)

I know you?re out there somewhere, as I?m lookin? from the porch
I cross the lawn and search the dock, and wave this lighted torch
A presence stalks these mournful swamps; you can feel it in the air
I almost called a neighbor, but he?d think I?m not all there

It?s all too clear what happened here, on that dreadful night
I saw you walkin? in your sleep, your face a deathly white
Baton Rouge has a legend, of a lonesome restless ghost
It took him just a moment, to take what I loved most

there are Shadows In These Bayous, there are Shadows In These Bayous
one minute you we?re standin? here, the next I watched you vanish dear,
into the Shadows

I found you lyin? on our bed, may you rest in peace
I held your lifeless body close, your spirit?s been released
I knew that you had made the choice, to leave this earthly realm
I can?t talk about it yet, I?m still so overwhelmed

there are Shadows In These Bayous, there are Shadows In These Bayous
I know you?re where you wanna be, while I hold all that?s left for me



It wasn?t right to keep you here, set against your will
But knowing you?re just out of reach, is a strange and bitter pill, there are shadows

Instrumental Interlude:

The hearse pulled up, the rain poured down, I was dressed in black
This would be our last goodbye, I couldn?t bring you back
As they lowered your redwood coffin, I tossed a long stem rose
?Cause of death remains unknown, it?s only me that knows

there are Shadows In These Bayous, there are Shadows In These Bayous
This crucible?s a prison cell, my life is just a living hell, among the Shadows
there are Shadows?

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