[Intro: Slow, heavy kick drum and gritty slide guitar] [Instrumental] [Verse 1] Sun beatin’ down, heavy Louisiana heat Got the red mud caked up on my boots and feet Air so thick, you could cut it with a knife Sweatin' out my sins in this low-country life Got a mile to walk, and no shade in sight I’m already dreadin’ the middle of the night [Catchy Chorus] 'Cause the delta breeze ain't nowhere to pass Lord have mercy, I caught the swamp ass Stickin' to the leather seat, burnin' like a coal Got that swamp ass, baby, deep down in my soul [Verse 2] Walkin' down the levee, tryin' to find a breeze Got the Spanish moss hangin' dead on the trees My denim jeans are clingin', tight as a drum Got me walkin' bow-legged, lookin' like a bum Can't sit on the porch, can't sit on a chair Got the devil's own furnace trapped under there [Catchy Chorus] 'Cause the delta breeze ain't nowhere to pass Lord have mercy, I caught the swamp ass Stickin' to the leather seat, burnin' like a coal Got that swamp ass, baby, deep down in my soul [Bridge] Now the alligator's cool, sinkin' low in the mud But my temperature's rising, boiling in my blood Need a cold muddy river, need an ice-water shower Been baking in this misery for a solid hour Gold bond powder ain't doin' the trick This mid-August humidity is makin' me sick [Instrumental Guitar Solo] (Gritty, whining slide guitar) [Verse 3] Gonna wait for the sun to drop out of the sky Hang these heavy jeans on the clothesline to dry Prayin' for the autumn to roll into town Before this humid hellfire brings a good man down [Big Chorus] 'Cause the delta breeze ain't nowhere to pass Lord have mercy, I caught the swamp ass Stickin' to the leather seat, burnin' like a coal Got that swamp ass, baby, deep down in my soul [Outro] Yeah, the swamp ass... Got me walkin' funny... Ain't a damn thing sweet, ain't a damn thing funny... Makin' a grown man cry... Lord, take this heat away. I got Swamp ass Baby! I got Swamp ass Baby! Swamp ass just go away! [Fade out: Slide guitar wails and fades into cricket sounds] [End] © 2026 Akashic Flux Collective. All rights reserved.
