I can't say looking back right now just where our love went wrong   But the hard cold fact is she's not here she's gone   Made me a promise she'd be true till the rivers all ran dry   The rivers still runnin' but she's long said goodbye      That's why I'm down on the bottom   Where the Moccasin's King and the big tall cypress grow   Seems the only place that a country boy can find some peace of mind   And get back up, is on the bottom      Got friends in the world outside but none quite like ol' Cajun Joe   He lives down a slough where the river used to flow   Worked real hard most of his life till the pushin' came to shove   Gave it all he had but he just couldn't rise above      That's why he's down at the bottom   Where the alligator swims and the old grey moss hangs low   Seems the only place that a country boy can find some piece of mind   And get back up, is on the bottom      I can get back up here on the bottom   On the Natchez river bottom