Daughter of the Everglades lyrics

Were you raised by the river

Down by the low, low land

Where the air is dark and sinister?

In the nigh there's no safe place to stand

Hid in the reeds are eyes that peek, voices I can't understand

Flamingos flying endlessly

To the silent sky

Daughter of the Everglades

You never made it clear

Daughter of the Everglades

If you want to be here

Child of the river

I never saw your tears

Well, you looked like your mama

Before you walked, you swam

Learned to makes snake tails stew

From your daddy, a crazy talkin' fisherman

In this place there is no law; the river makes all the rules

What they are I found out

When I came back to look for you

Daughter of the Everglades

Why did you bring me here?

Daughter of the Everglades

My love has turned to fear

Child of the river

Let me feel you near

Well, you laughed in them

But I knew after a year

That you'd cry in the city

I should have not brought you here

So far from the Bayou, down in the low, low land

Don't know why you left me

But now I understand

Take me back to the river

Down in the smoky ground

Where snakes crawl you don't cheat

By the river you live by now

In the swell of the river, the river sails so proud

I should have gone there with you

But now they tell me you have drowned

Daughter of the Everglades

I can feel you near

Daughter of the Everglades

I know I'll find you hear

Child of the river

I can't see for tears

Daughter of the Everglades

I want to feel you near

Daughter of the Everglades

I must find you here

Child of the river

I can't see for my tears