Swamp Man Blues

Well, I woke up this mornin

The swamp was at my door

Yeah, I woke up this mornin

The swamp was at my door

Got snakes in my garden

And the river's risin' more

Ain't no easy livin

When the water claims your land

No, ain't no easy livin

When the water claims your land

You got mud on your boots

And trouble in your hand

I'm a swamp man

Lord, I'm fightin' just to stay alive

Yeah, I'm a swamp man

Lord, fightin' just to stay alive

These Appalachian hollers cut me deep

But I survive

Mosquitoes buzzin' round me

Gators slither through the trees

Mosquitoes buzzin' round me

Gators slither through the trees

It's hard to find some peace

Lord, with air so thick to breathe

I lost my woman to the swamp

When the river got too high

Yeah, I lost my woman to the swamp

When the river got too high

Now I sit by the fir

Hear that lonesome whippoorwill cry

I'm a swamp man, Lord

I'm fightin' just to stay alive

Yeah, I'm a swamp man

Lord, fightin' just to stay alive

These Appalachian hollers cut me deep

But I survive

You gotta walk through the shadows

Where the sun can't shine

Yeah, you gotta walk through the shadows

Where the sun don't shine

The swamp will take your body

But it can't take my mind

Now the moon's on the water

And the stars light my way

Yeah, the moon's on the water

And the stars light my way

I'm a swamp man forever

Til my dyin' day

You gotta walk through the shadows

Where the sun can't shine

Yeah, you gotta walk through the shadows

Where the sun don't shine

The swamp will take your body

But it can't take my mind

Now the moon's on the water

And the stars light my way

Yeah, the moon's on the water

And the stars light my way

I'm a swamp man forever

Til my dyin' day

You gotta walk through the shadows

Where the sun can't shine

Yeah, you gotta walk through the shadows

Where the sun don't shine

The swamp will take your body

But it can't take my mind