Cypress Knees

Stuck in the mud-shucks
All we hear is rib-it rib-it
Been here since sun up
To sum up - not a thing familiar
Thought we were lost but
Came across the same criteria
Riddled with moss from
Mangrove toes to an old wisteria
Krickets & moths hum drone tones
Through the whole exterior
As quick as a fox runs drops drum
Uncontrolled and furious
The minute they pause, comes, buzz buzz
Hear the night life gearing up
Myriad of hearts sunk in these parts
Gets the zeitgeist teary eyed

Tide rolls by
Coming home to then retreat
And I won't lie
Its killing me to watch us leave
But I can't cry
What I feel for you, you don't feel for me
So I may die
Among the feet of these cypress knees
Tide rolls by
Coming home to then retreat
And I won't lie
Its killing me to watch us leave
But I can't cry
What I feel for you, you don't feel for me
So I may die
Among the feet of these cypress knees

Stuck in the mud shucks
Been in here since sun up
Can't get my foot out
Go say yourselves
Stuck in the mud, yup
Waiting for sun up
Won't get my foot out
Saying farewell

Hang the hammock
Don't know knots we hope the belt fits
Might just drop in the hole of hell's ditch
Python munch, form a whole new skeleton
Alley whispers
Gallinippers got a passion project
Task force, black board, blood deposits
Catch four at your tongue then swallow quick
Encore, encore, more in your orifice
Under eyelids
Undecided
Debris from a tree or the peak of a beak
From a creature that sleeps like a silent giant
80 fangs in
Great-grand dad saw the aftermath
Of them asteroids landing
Brushed it off like "it ain't no thang bitch
Learned to crawl, I got it from here, thanks"
Clap a jaw the last thing you'll hear is
No robots in the Okeechobee
Soaked molded socks and a Toblerone piece
Pace yourself don't choke on your own heat
Face blow smoke but the haze leave you thirsty
Take slow gulps in that lake till you turn green
Acres of wayward nature for earthlings
Ancient endorphins breaking and forming
Tracing it back to you waking up early

Tide rolls by
Coming home to then retreat
And I won't lie
Its killing me to watch us leave
But I can't cry
What I feel for you, you don't feel for me
So I may die
Among the feet of these cypress knees
Tide rolls by
Coming home to then retreat
And I won't lie
Its killing me to watch us leave
But I can't cry
What I feel for you, you don't feel for me
So I may die
Among the feet of these cypress knees

Stuck in the mud shucks
Been in here since sun up
Can't get my foot out
Go say yourselves
Stuck in the mud, yup
Waiting for sun up
Won't get my foot out
Saying farewell
Stuck in the mud shucks
Been in here since sun up
Can't get my foot out
Go say yourselves
Stuck in the mud, yup
Waiting for sun up
Won't get my foot out
Saying farewell