Bruce Springsteen - The Big Muddy lyrics

Billy had a mistress down on 'A' an 12th
She was that little somethin' that
He did for himself
His own little secret, didn't hurt nobody
Come the afternoon, he'd 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 had a figure in mind
It was nothing illegal
Just a little bit funny he said "C'mon
Don't tell me that the rich don't know
Sooner or later, it all comes down to money"

And you're 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 you're poison too"

How beautiful the river flows and the birds
They sing
But you and I, we're messier things
They're ain't no one leavin' this world
Buddy without their shirttail dirty or their
Hands a little 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
Waist deep in the big muddy
Waist deep in the big muddy woo!
Woo