floating bridge

well

i never will forget that floatin' bridge

well

i never will forget that floatin' bridge

well

i never will forget that ol' floatin' bridge

tell me

five minutes underwater when i was hid

when i was goin' down i throwed up my hands

yeah

when i was goin' down i throwed up my hands

now

when i was goin' down i throwed up my hands

lord

please

please take me on dry land

now

they carried me out the water an' they laid me on the bank

now

they carried me out the water an' they laid me on the bank

they carried me out the water

they laid me on the bank

about a gallon of muddy water i had drank

now

they dried me off an' they laid me on the bed

now

they dried me off an' they laid me on the bed

now

they dried me off

they laid me on the bed

don't like muddy water runnin' through my head

now

my mother often taught me

don't you be no bum

but my mother often taught me

don't you be no bum

but my mother often taught me

son

don't you be no bum

go somewhere settle down find you someone

now

the people standin' on the bridge was screamin' an' cryin'

well

the people on the bridge was screamin' an' cryin'

now

the people on the bridge was standin' screamin' an' cryin'

lord

i thought sure that i was dyin'

well

i never will forget that floatin' bridge

well

i never will forget that floatin' bridge

i never will forget that ol' floatin' bridge

tell me

five minutes underwater when i was hid

tell me

five minutes underwater when i was hid