Lyrics:

Were you raise by the river Down by the low, low land Where the air is dark and sinister In the nigh there's no safe place to stand Hid in the reeds are eyes that peek, voices i can't understand Flamingos flying endlessly To the silent sky Daughter of the Everglades You never made it clear Daughter of the Everglades If you want to be here Child of the river I never saw your tears Well you looked like your mama Before you walked, you swam Learnt to makes snake tails stew From your daddy, a crazy talkin' fisherman In this place there is no law, the river makes all the rules What they are I found ot When I came back to look for you Daughter of the Everglades Why did you bring me here? Daughter of the everglades My love has turned to fear Child of the river Let me feel you near Well you laughed in the But I new after a year That you'd cry in the city I should have not brought you here So far from the Bayou, down in the low. low land Don't know why you left me But now I understand Take me back to the river Down in the smoky ground Where snakes crawl you don't cheat By the river you live by now I the swell of the river, the river sails so proud I should have gone there with you But now they tell me you have drowned. Daughter of the Everglades I can feel you near Daughter of the Everglades I know I'll find you hear Child of the river I can't see for tears Daughter of the Everglades I want ot feel you near Daughter of the Everglades I must find you here Child of the river I can'