South from Okeechobee and reaching to the Keys
Lays the mighty wonder nature made
A hundred miles of jade
The mighty Everglades
It′s beautiful at sunset, but oh, there's something else
That makes the bravest heart afraid
A world of things a-crawlin′, a-thumpin' and a-ballin'
And waitin′ in the Everglades
Creepin′, seepin'
I hear a million things a-weepin′
As I gaze into the weirdness
Of the mighty Everglades
Over and over
I call, "Oh, please come back, my lover"
But my love is dead or wanderin'
In the fearful Everglades
Voices callin′, shadows fallin'
Spirits of those
Who ventured in and stayed
Hear it, fear it
Never, never go too near it
For there′s mystery in the history
Of the mighty Everglades
Seepin', crawlin', spirits callin′
Slidin′, hidin'
My love in the Everglades
Over and over
I call, but now she′s gone forever
And my heart is wanderin' with her
Through the mighty Everglades
A world of things a-crawlin′, a-thumpin' and a-ballin′
And waitin' in the Everglades
Writer(s): Karl Davis Lyrics powered by www.musixmatch.com
