Don't stop even for the right thing does it matter what I say? my whole world was by that river flowing off to meet the sea each day I don't want to move away.
You look at me and you say "what's wrong boy?" What else do you want me to say? I don't want to leave tomorrow been and gone but I belong here now Your big world can wait another day.
Brighter days where did they go?
I am hopeful for where I'm going but I belong in The South That was where I was born a poor boy Living life like there's no end in sight even so I've done without
Brighter days where did they go?
Boy, you're about to hit the bottom I feel alone, I feel I'm moving there To a land you never saw and I see you're about to hit the bottom Lord help me move away to a land you never saw and I've seen.
Homesick but it's alright ? Lochloosa is on my mind ? She's on my mind ? ? I swear it's ten thousand degrees in the shade ? Lord have mercy knows - how much I love it ? ? Every mosquito every rattlesnake ? Every cane break - everything ? ? Every alligator every blackwater swamp ? Every freshwater spring - everything ? ? All we need is one more damn developer ? Tearing her heart out ? ? All we need is one more Mickey Mouse ? Another golf course another country club ? Another gated community ? ? Lord I need her ? Lord I need her ? And she's slipping away ? ? If my grandfather could see her now ? He'd lay down and die ? ? Cause every minute every second every hour ? Every day - Lord she's slipping away ? ? Homesick but it's alright ? Lochloosa is on my mind ? She's on my mind
I remember my grandpa tellin me About the early days of Florida Born a swamp cracka two miles from Granny's Bay Comin up the way of the wilderness No car, phone, or electric light Yeah just livin life one day at a time No newspaper, no war, no strife Just the elemental keys that provide for life
CHORUS: Florida I know you're out there hiding from me You get harder and harder to find To understand every day she keeps slippin away Florida please don't fade on me now
Autum sun sets morning skys ablaze The oaks and the pines turn their palms up to the sun The kind of beauty that hits down in your soul But still you're hellbent to destroy it all With Concrete and steel we pave A road to hell on a land we've killed So take a good look and remember it now Cause one day you're gonna wake up and find it goooooone.
BRIDGE: Now skyskrapers and superhighways are carving throught the heart of Florida Building subdivisions while the swamps are drained, making room for people and amusement parks (repeat)
It's like watching someone you love die slow Yeah, they're killing her one piece at a time I know some fools who think I should let go, But the've never seen Florida through my eyes.
CHORUS: I know you're out there hiding from me You get harder and harder to find Every day she keeps slipping away Florida please don't fade on me now
Florida, I know you're out there hiding from me You get harder and harder to find Every day she keeps slipping away Florida please don't fade on me now