Cotton Mouth River-Jim Croce

[00:06.59]Well, I know that I shouldn't have done it [00:10.82]I know that it just wasn't right [00:14.10]'Cause they got me backed up to [00:16.12]the Cotton Mouth River [00:17.80]And I can't cross late at night [00:21.22]Yeah, there's lots of stories [00:22.86]told about the Cotton Mouth River [00:25.77]They tell them time and again [00:28.50]About the men who tried to cross [00:30.54]that river by moonlight [00:32.46]And never were heard from again [00:37.83]If I had my life to live over [00:41.34]I'd have gone to work that day [00:44.55]Instead of goin' into town [00:46.52]and shootin' him down [00:48.31]For a thing I never heard him say [00:51.76]I hear there's lots of stories [00:53.23]told about the Cotton Mouth River [00:56.27]They tell them time and again [00:58.93]About the men who tried to cross [01:00.97]that river by moonlight [01:02.94]And never were heard from again [01:05.36] [01:07.76]Well, I just made it through the canebrake [01:11.78]And I got one foot in the mud [01:15.16]I can hear the hounds a-bayin' [01:17.02]but the snake around my ankle [01:18.85]Is tellin' me my running' days are done [01:22.33]Yeah, there's lots of stories [01:23.92]told about the Cotton Mouth River [01:27.04]They tell them time and again [01:29.72]About the men who tried to cross [01:31.72]that river by moonlight [01:33.48]And never were heard from again [01:36.62]Yeah, there's lots of stories [01:38.26]told about the Cotton Mouth River [01:41.36]They tell them time and again [01:44.10]About the men who tried to [01:45.57]cross that river by moonlight [01:48.09]And never were heard from again [01:50.29]