(Verse 1) Deep in the cypress muck where the water moccasins sleep, Where the tannin stains the river black and the sawgrass runs deep, There’s a legend of a Cracker cowboy living off the grid, Doing things the modern world forgot and never did. His name is **ZEBEDEE**, carving out a wild domain, Riding through the sawgrass like a hurricane in chains! He doesn't care about your taxes, doesn't care about your town, Just keeping up the sanctuary where the panthers roam around. (Pre-Chorus) (Leave No Trace!) That’s the code he carved into the pine! (Be Prepared!) To lose your mind outside the county line! Hear him cracking leather bulls-whips through the humid air, Shouting out his name to let the shadows know he’s there: (Refrain) ZEBEDEE! ZEBEDEE! Hear the swampy rhythm rise! ZEBEDEE! ZEBEDEE! Underneath the cypress skies! ~*!⚡%#~ (Chorus) **ZEBEDEE!** The king of the swamp, the ghost of the trees! **ZEBEDEE!** Down on his knees in the muddy breeze! He’s a 1970s relic riding on an airboat high, Screaming out a hymn to keep the wilderness alive! From Lake Okeechobee down to the Ten Thousand Isles, He’s trading all his sanity for a million river miles. So raise a glass of moonshine, let the wild-man chorus ring— **ZEBEDEE** is shouting, and the Everglades can sing! (Verse 2) He knows every gator hole, every limestone sink, Where the black bear wanders and the great blue herons drink. Living on a cocktail of mosquitoes and guitar, Sleeping in a hammock underneath a falling star. People say he's crazy, people say he’s lost his mind, Leaving all the plastic and the pavement far behind. He protects the hatchlings, keeps the critters safe and sound, The wildest guardian angel that the swamp has ever found! (Pre-Chorus) (On My Honor!) To keep this hammock wild and free! (Be Prepared!) To give your soul back to the sea! Hear the hull roar forward, hear the engine start to scream, As he wakes us up inside this subtropical dream: [instrumental break] (Final Message / Outro) Look at the cypress! Look at the water flow! **ZEBEDEE** is screaming from the swamp where orchids grow! (Leave No Trace!) (Keep it wild!) **ZEBEDEE** the legend, and the Everglades' own child! (Shout it out!) (Let it bleed!) **ZEBEDEE** is planting back a better, wilder seed!
