The bottom

I can't say looking back right now just where our love went wrong 
But the hard cold fact is she's not here she's gone 
Made me a promise she'd be true till the rivers all ran dry 
The rivers still runnin' but she's long said goodbye 

That's why I'm down on the bottom 
Where the Moccasin's King and the big tall cypress grow 
Seems the only place that a country boy can find some peace of mind 
And get back up, is on the bottom 

Got friends in the world outside but none quite like ol' Cajun Joe 
He lives down a slough where the river used to flow 
Worked real hard most of his life till the pushin' came to shove 
Gave it all he had but he just couldn't rise above 

That's why he's down at the bottom 
Where the alligator swims and the old grey moss hangs low 
Seems the only place that a country boy can find some piece of mind 
And get back up, is on the bottom 

I can get back up here on the bottom 
On the Natchez river bottom