The Swamp Girl

The Swamp Girl - Frankie laine

Written by：M. Brown

Where the crane flies through the marshes

And the turtles sun their shells

Where the water rat goes swimmin'

That's where my swamp girl dwells

Where the sunlight never wanders

And the moonlight never falls

Where the water's black with the devil's track

That's where my swamp girl calls

What did she say there

The girl with the golden hair

To make me follow her down there

How did she look when she took me by the hand

Tonight her hair will float in the water

And the gold will no longer shine

It will spread like a fan in the water

While she makes a mysterious sign

I have seen that sign before

Her eyes aren't like the whippoorwill

And her eyes aren't like the frog

Her eyes are just like the damned bat

Stretchin' in the dawn

I have seen her face in the water

And the chilling look in her eyes

And if you see her then you must flee her

Never follow where disillusion lies

Or will you go to the girl with the golden hair

Down there where her work is done

Will you embrace the night

And turn your back on the sun

She'll say its better there in the water

Where it's cool and calm and serene

She will call you to come to the water

To a world made of emerald green

I have heard that call before

I can hear it when I'm teary

I can hear it when I'm old

I can hear it when the joy of living

Seems to have lost its glow

For my swamp girl lives inside of me

And she leaves me pale and wan

She dares me she tears me

Like paper dolls are torn

Calling 'come to the deep

Where your sleep is without a dream'

Calling calling calling calling