"Creekwater Clear" lyrics
(feat. Elle King)
Between the moccasins, the skeeters and the gators
Old tires and rusted out refrigerators
You'd think it's a wonder I made it out alive, yeah
I learned to watch my step and how to swim there
My first fish and my first beer still buried in there
Along with the all the where-I'm-from, I grew up and left behind
Ain't it funny how you gotta leave home sometimes to find it?
My ramblin' liked to sink me like a stone
The world don't often look like the Lord designed it
Turns out it was under them bare feet all along
Somewhere in the mud and kudzu vines, the suns still shines
Brighter in my memory there than it does here
Lookin' back into that Delta, flat Mississippi mirror
I see it all creekwater clear
Ooh
Mm
Ooh
If I said today I'm good, I'd be a liar
'Cause that "something's missing" sticks me like a briar
It's been so long since I've been back, so long I can't believe
So with a six-pack, some crickets and a cane pole
I'm headed down where that muddy water flows
If I can only find myself this time, I may never leave
Ain't it funny how you gotta leave home sometimes to find it?
My ramblin' liked to sink me like a stone
The world don't often look like the Lord designed it
Turns out it was under them bare feet all along
Somewhere in the mud and kudzu vines, the suns still shines
Brighter in my memory there than it does here (Than it does here)
Lookin' back into that Delta, flat Mississippi mirror
I see it all creekwater clear
Down under them roots, in the banks in between
It might look dirty, but it'll wash you clean
Ain't it funny how you gotta leave home sometimes to find it?
My ramblin' liked to sink me like a stone
The world don't often look like the Lord designed it
Turns out it was under them bare feet all along
Somewhere in the mud and kudzu vines, the suns still shines
Brighter in my memory there than it does here (Than it does here)
Lookin' back into that Delta, flat Mississippi mirror
I see it all creekwater clear
Ooh
Ooh
Ooh
Ooh
Old tires and rusted out refrigerators
You'd think it's a wonder I made it out alive, yeah
I learned to watch my step and how to swim there
My first fish and my first beer still buried in there
Along with the all the where-I'm-from, I grew up and left behind
Ain't it funny how you gotta leave home sometimes to find it?
My ramblin' liked to sink me like a stone
The world don't often look like the Lord designed it
Turns out it was under them bare feet all along
Somewhere in the mud and kudzu vines, the suns still shines
Brighter in my memory there than it does here
Lookin' back into that Delta, flat Mississippi mirror
I see it all creekwater clear
Ooh
Mm
Ooh
If I said today I'm good, I'd be a liar
'Cause that "something's missing" sticks me like a briar
It's been so long since I've been back, so long I can't believe
So with a six-pack, some crickets and a cane pole
I'm headed down where that muddy water flows
If I can only find myself this time, I may never leave
Ain't it funny how you gotta leave home sometimes to find it?
My ramblin' liked to sink me like a stone
The world don't often look like the Lord designed it
Turns out it was under them bare feet all along
Somewhere in the mud and kudzu vines, the suns still shines
Brighter in my memory there than it does here (Than it does here)
Lookin' back into that Delta, flat Mississippi mirror
I see it all creekwater clear
Down under them roots, in the banks in between
It might look dirty, but it'll wash you clean
Ain't it funny how you gotta leave home sometimes to find it?
My ramblin' liked to sink me like a stone
The world don't often look like the Lord designed it
Turns out it was under them bare feet all along
Somewhere in the mud and kudzu vines, the suns still shines
Brighter in my memory there than it does here (Than it does here)
Lookin' back into that Delta, flat Mississippi mirror
I see it all creekwater clear
Ooh
Ooh
Ooh
Ooh
