Water Moccasins

Mason was a skater never had a chance
He met his girl Alyssa at the freshman dance
Told her "I don't think I'll live to see 25"

His daddy was a drinker mama worked to hard
Had my first sip of whiskey right in their front yard
Even at fourteen I could see the light trying to leave his eyes

Yeah the hometown boys they got stories to spin
But the danger in the pines ain't the moccasins
It's the loneliness like poison deep inside your mind

Tyson was on target from the day we met
For kids at nineteen and a mountain of debt
He hugs 'em late at night but I that know he wanted more

Before the curtain fell on his small town youth
He used to sit on the bleachers preachin' 'bout the truth
Now he's got mouths to feed he steals from corner store

Yeah the hometown boys they got stories to spin
Strumming on their egos like a mandolin
But they're reaching for a dream that they know already died

It mixes with the rum gets under your skin
Yeah the danger in the pines ain't the moccasins
It's the loneliness like poison deep inside your mind

And I saw you last night
In the Atsion twilight
You were sitting round the fire
Getting higher
Picking "Post To Wire"

And in the light off the lake
Throwing shadows across your face
You run your race
But you can't escape this place
You know you know you know...

Yeah the hometown boys they got stories to spin
Inside they're screaming like violins
"Someone come and save me from dying in these pines"

Oh it haunts your ever step once you left it in
Yeah the danger out here ain't the moccasins
It's the loneliness like poison deep inside your mind

Yeah don't try don't try
Don't try don't try
Don't try don't try