The Big Muddy - Bruce Springsteen

Billy had a mistress down on A an 12th

She was that little somethin that he did for himself

His own little secret didnt hurt nobody

Come the afternoon hed take her wadin

Waist deep in the big muddy

Waist deep in the big muddy

You start out standing but end up crawlin

Got in some trouble and needed a hand from a friend of mine

This old friend he had a figure in mind

It was nothing illegal just a little bit funny

He said Cmon dont tell me that the rich dont know

Sooner or later it all comes down to money

And youre waist deep in the big muddy

Waist deep in the big muddy

You start on higher ground but end up crawlin

Well I had a friend said You watch what you do Poison snake bites you and youre poison too

How beautiful the river flows and the birds they thing

But you and I were messier things

Theyre aint no one leavin this world buddy

Without their shirttail dirty

Or their hands bloody

Waist deep in the big muddy

Waist deep in the big muddy

You start on higher ground but end up somehow crawlin

Waist deep in the big muddy