Well I was shacked up down in Mobile with a girl from New York City

She woke me up one night to tell me that we weren't alone

She said she saw the ghost of a woman staring at me

I told her not to worry, but in the morning when I woke up, she was gone

So I headed on to Florida where I tangled with some sailors

And as I laid bloody on the wharf I cursed the ship they sailed on

Wouldn't you know it, twenty-four hours later that ship sank into the ocean

Disappearing like an unwanted memory beneath the waves

I guess it's 'cause

Still waters run, run deep in me

'Cause I got this crazy way

Crazy way I'm swimming in still waters

I was woke up just before dawn by an old man crying in the rain

He was drunk and he was lonely and as he passed by he sang a hymn

And as I lay there listening, well, I almost joined him in that song

But instead I just held my peace and waited 'til that old man moved along

Then later on that day about a quarter mile out of town

I found his body hanging in a grove of pines, swaying in the wind

And as he swang that rope sang another hymn to Jesus

And this time though I don't know why I somehow felt inclined to sing along

I guess it's 'cause

Still waters run, run deep in me

'Cause I got this crazy way

Crazy way I'm swimming in still waters

Don't you know there's projects for the dead, and there are projects for the living

Though I must confess sometimes I get confused by that distinction

And I just throw myself into the arms of that which would betray me

I guess to see how far Providence will stoop down just to save me

And it's all because

Still waters run, run deep in me

'Cause I got this crazy way

Crazy way I'm swimming in still waters