Track Insight / Lyrics
Moonbeams spillin' like silver on bayou black
Wind whispers secrets through cypress trees in the back
Rusty swing set swayin', creakin' a slow, sad tune
Got me thinkin' 'bout lost loves and a life under a pale moon
Bayou clockwork, turnin' slow and deep
Every tick a memory, every note I keep
Of summer nights and faded dreams, and lonesome hearts that roam
Bayou clockwork keeps on tickin', far away from home
Honky-tonk piano playin', blues in the air
Smell of crawfish boils and long cigarette stares
Ain't no place like this, this sweet, melancholic scene
Where the past is a river flowin' ever, ever green
Bayou clockwork, turnin' slow and deep
Every tick a memory, every note I keep
Of summer nights and faded dreams, and lonesome hearts that roam
Bayou clockwork keeps on tickin', far away from home
Old banjo strumin', tellin' stories of regret
Ghosts of laughter lingerin', in the moonlight they sweat
Hear that train a-whistlin', leavin' just like me
Headin' for a horizon, where nobody can see
Gramophone needles scratchin', on a vinyl that's worn thin
Each cracklin' note a whisper, a secret from within
The clock is tickin', the moon is climbin' high
But I'm rooted to this spot, beneath the Louisiana sky
Bayou's breathin' softly, crickets chirpin' their song
While the world outside keeps turnin', where I don't belong
Just another weary traveler, searchin' for the unknown
Tickin' on this bayou clockwork, till the daylight comes and goes
Bayou clockwork, turnin' slow and deep
Every tick a memory, every note I keep
Of summer nights and faded dreams, and lonesome hearts that roam
Bayou clockwork keeps on tickin', far away from home
Tick tock, tick tock, the bayou's callin' me
Far away from home, forever wild and free
