Swamp Cry Blues

Midnight rain on the broken blacktop

Old whiskey stains where the memories drop

Rusty chains rattle on my soul's old gate

Lonely slide guitar, echoing my fate

Dust rises slow from my worn-out dreams

Cicadas hum as my mind comes apart at the seams

Silver strings bend with every sigh

Questions linger, never tell me why

Oh, these swamp cries carry my pain

Bleeding through the thunder, swallowed by the rain

Every note a river runnin’ cold and wide

Lost in the mud with nowhere to hide

Yeah, the blues just roll on by my side

Flicker of neon down this empty road

Ghosts in the mirror where my story’s told

Calloused hands tremble on this old steel slide

Draggin’ secrets from the heart I tried to hide

Empty bottle caught in the midnight moss

Counting the cost, every hope I lost

Silver strings bend with every sigh

Questions linger, never tell me why

Oh, these swamp cries carry my pain

Bleeding through the thunder, swallowed by the rain

Every note a river runnin’ cold and wide

Lost in the mud with nowhere to hide

Yeah, the blues just roll on by my side

Every howl from my guitar’s vein

Is a tear I couldn’t explain

Shadows waltz, the night draws tight

Sun won’t rise, not without a fight

Roots grow deep in the sorrow I nourish

Blues like water, never done, never perish

Oh, these swamp cries carry my pain

Bleeding through the thunder, swallowed by the rain

Every note a river runnin’ cold and wide

Lost in the mud with nowhere to hide

Yeah, the blues just roll on by my sideLet the slide wail till dawn appears

Drown my sorrow in the alligator’s tears

Down in the swamp, the blues never clear