When shadows fill the sky
And evil's all around
Don't call a preacher
A different creature
Bring the hoodoo down.
Beside a sacred fire
That's where he will be found.
Somewhere in Haiti
Baron Samedi
Bring the hoodoo down.

It's a river of blood
And a river of tears.
It's a river of Love.
I know you'll die to see
That zombie jamboree.
The dead will tango
Until the mambo
Bring the hoodoo down.

We're gonna learn to dance
And fall into a trance,
And picking cotton
Will be forgotten
Bring the hoodoo down.