Across the ponchatrain A young boy pulls a catfish from a roadside pond He holds it up for the world to see in the late delta sun I can hear distant thunder it sure feels like rain Rumbling across the pontchartrain Rumbling across the pontchartrain Holy cow and mother in law and ooh poo pa do The words are hanging in the air i remember the dance with you I close my eyes and hear those soulful old refrains Floating across the pontchartrain Floating across the pontchartrain Now i don't know what really happened But i know in my heart that it ended way too soon Now here i am alone down in the bayou Talking to the louisiana moon I think it's time to pack up get it ticket on that northbound train To take me across the pontchartrain I gotta go take me across the pontchartrain