Lyrics: Modeliste, Neville etc
Music: Modeliste, Neville etc
Played by several of the post-GD bands, including Voodoo Dead with Bill Kreutzmann and the Mickey Hart Band,
and by Bob Weir with Dumpstaphunk in 2018. The title is sometimes given as "Fire on the Bayou" (as in the Meters' 1975 recording)
and sometimes as "Fiyo on the Bayou" (as in the 1975 Neville Brothers recording).
Fire on the bayou, fire on the bayou
Fire on the bayou, fire on the bayou
Down in New Orleans in Lucky's din
He wouldn't deal y'all for a fifth of gin
One dude wanted a bottle of wine
Hit that dude, yes, he did up for a dollar and a dime
Fire on the bayou, fire on the bayou
Fire on the bayou, fire on the bayou
I got a nickel now, you got a dime
Let's get together and have a good time
Goin' to buy a fifth, going to buy a joint
When you gettin' down now, you doin' things right
Fire on the bayou, fire on the bayou
Fire on the bayou, fire on the bayou
Take a little toke on your smoke
Buy yourself a bottle of wine
Cool, cool wine going down your throat
Don't try and tell me don't make you feel fine
Fire on the bayou, fire on the bayou
Fire on the bayou, fire on the bayou
I got swamp water runnin' through my veins
The Mississippi river can't be tamed
I pole my pirogue in the middle of the night
I'm an uptown ruler, I can do it right
Fire on the bayou, fire on the bayou
Fire on the bayou, fire on the bayou