I can get back up here on the bottom
Seems the only place that a country boy can find some piece of mind
That's why he's down on the bottom
And get back up, is on the bottom
The rivers still runnin' but she's long said goodbye
Where the Moccasin's King and the big tall Cypress grow
Gave it all he had but he just couldn't rise above
And get back up, is on the bottom
Got friends in the world outside but none quite like ol' Cajun Joe
Where the alligator swims and the old grey moss hangs low
Made me a promise she'd be true till the rivers all ran dry
Worked real hard most of his life till the pushin' came to shove
He lives down a slough where the river used to flow
Seems the only place that a country boy can find some peace of mind
That's why I'm down on the bottom
