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Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Spanish moss
Hanging like old prayers
Grandma’s voice
Says “boy
You best beware”
There’s a road out past the cypress
Where the gravel just turns to bones
You can feel that heat behind you
When you walk it home alone
[Chorus]
Down in the bayou
Where the stories crawl
Where the river keeps your secrets
Takes ‘em all
If you listen in the dark
You can hear ‘em moan
All these Deep South legends
Cut straight through the soul
To the bone
[Verse 2]
Old man Jean
With his faded rosary
Keeps a jar
Of river mud under his seat
Says he bargained with the shadows
For another year to breathe
But the price of every heartbeat
Is the name you gotta leave
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
[low vocal register]
There’s a lantern on the levee
Never seems to burn out
Some say it’s a warning
Some say it’s a lost way out
[harmonica solo]
Mama told me “child
Be careful
What you swear in that heat”
‘Cause the bayou hears it all
And it comes back in your sleep
[Chorus]
Details
GeneratedJan 16, 2026
Duration4:13
LanguageEnglish
Style
Swampy Delta blues with male vocals, slide guitar, and wailing harmonica. Laid-back shuffle groove that slowly pushes harder in the choruses. Verses sit close and intimate with brushed snare and upright bass; choruses open with stacked call-and-response backing vocals and grittier guitar. Harmonica weaves fills between vocal lines, with a raw, moaning solo that lets the track breathe before the final hook., blues, delta blues, cajun, deep, soul
Credits
Prompt by
McHodgkins
McHodgkinsModelAria v5
Prompt
A song about the Deep South bayou legends that hits the soul and heart. blues, delta blues, harmonica, Cajun blues., male
