CONCRETE BOOTS IN MUDDY WATERS (OUTLAW COUNTRY) - Levi Stoker
Stand in muddy waters
Standing knee-deep in the delta silt
Looking down at the house that hard work built
Heavy gray blocks tied around my feet
Swallowed up by the river and the August heat
You thought the current would drag me under
Slow down where the catfish swim
Then the cold winds blow
They say a man can only sink so far
Before he forgets who he is
And where the light beams are
But under the pressure
And the thick brown river mud
A quiet fire woke up in my blood
I was living in concrete boots in muddy waters
Drowning in the promises that never did hold
Sinking in the mire of the stories we sold
But I kicked off the burden
I shattered the stone
Rose up from the riverbed to claim my own
Yeah, no more concrete boots in muddy waters
Crawled up on the bank on the cypress knees
Wringing out the water in the evening breeze
Red clay sticking to a brand new skin
Washing off the places where your ghost has been
Pain's just a weight till you break the tie
Now I'm standing on the shore with an open sky
I was living in concrete boots in muddy waters
Drowning in the promises that never did hold
Sinking in the mire of the stories we sold
But I kicked off the burden
I shattered the stone
Rose up from the riverbed to claim my own
Yeah, no more concrete boots in muddy waters
Let the river flow on
Let the current run deep
I've got no more promises I'm forced to keep
The water tried to claim me
But the earth held strong
I'm a free standing man where I belong
I was living in concrete boots in muddy waters
Drowning in the promises that never did hold
Sinking in the mire of the stories we sold
But I kicked off the burden
I shattered the stone
Rose up from the riverbed to claim my own
Yeah, no more concrete boots in muddy waters
Kicked off the stone
Rose up on my own
Muddy waters can't hold me no more
