[Intro] [fingerpicked acoustic guitar] [Verse 1] [baritone male vocals] The sunrise is gently on the Bend in Johnson's Bayou As she sits alone among the young and growing water oaks She comes here every day to while the time away As her brush paints out a love song with warm and tender strokes [Chorus] She's a lady of the south But her man was born without So he's taken Johnson's Bayou down to New Orleans With riches he'll return to the love she's keeping warm And that's the way a lady waits upon a dream [Verse 2] The sun settles quietly on the Bend in Johnson's Bayou And the shadows grow around her and the aging water oaks She puts her brush away but she'll come back tomorrow And she'll paint her love's returning with warm and tender strokes [Chorus] She's a lady of the south But her man was born without So he's taken Johnson's Bayou down to New Orleans With riches he'll return to the love she's keeping warm Because that's the way a lady waits upon a dream [Verse 3] The sunrise is gently on the Bend in Johnson's Bayou Still she sits alone among the old and dying water oaks She comes here every day though time has aged the canvas Still she paints her love's returning with warm and tender strokes [Chorus] She's a lady of the south But her man was born without So he's taken Johnson's Bayou down to New Orleans With riches he'll return to the love she's keeping warm And that's the way a lady waits upon a dream That's the way my lady waits upon a dream [Outro] [guitar fades out]
