Cotton Mouth River Lyrics - Jim Croce

Well I know that I shouldn't have done it 

I know it just wasn't right 

Cause they got me back up to the cotton mouth river 

And I can't cross late at night 

I hear there's lots of stories told about the cotton mouth river 

They tell them time and again, 

About the men who tried to cross that river by moonlight 

And never were heard from again 

If I had all my live to live over 

I'd have gone to work that day 

Instead of going into town 

And shooting him down 

For a thing I never heard him say 

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I hear there's lots of stories told about the cotton mouth river 

They tell them time and again, 

About the men who tried to cross that river by moonlight 

And never were heard from again 

Well I just made it through the cane break 

And I got one foot in the mud 

I can hear the hounds obeying but the snake 

Around my ankles telling me my running days are done 

I hear there's lots of stories told about the cotton mouth river 

They tell them time and again, 

About the men who tried to cross that river by moonlight 

And never were heard from again 

I hear there's lots of stories told about the cotton mouth river 

They tell them time and again, 

About the men who tried to cross that river by moonlight 

And never were heard from again