Lyrics

"Swamp nighger Blues"
(A Country Song 'Bout Jonathan)[Verse 1]
Out in the backwoods, where the cypress grows,
Lived a nighger named Jonathan, bigger than the stories told.
Every bite he took, he’d swell up like a storm,
A walkin’ mountain of trouble, in a world he’d worn.His boots’d bust open, his shirt’d split wide,
He’d eat a whole damn diner, grow ten feet high.
With a stench like a bog, he’d roll into town,
Folks’d smell him comin’ ‘fore he made a sound.[Chorus]
Oh, Swamp nighger, why you gotta be so cruel?
Breakin’ hearts with your poison, playin’ women for fools.
With a bag of bad promises and a devil’s grin,
You’re livin’ large, but you’re drownin’ in sin.
Swamp nighger, sleepin’ where you fall,
A giant in the shadows, you ain’t got no soul at all.[Verse 2]
He’d slide into the bar with a baggie in his hand,
Danglin’ dirty dreams to the lost and the damned.
“Just a little taste, darlin’, it won’t cost much,”
But his price was a nightmare, cold as his touch.He’d slip that bag over their heads, make ‘em shake with fear,
A predator in flannel, with whiskey-soaked leer.
But mid-sentence he’d crash, snorin’ loud as a train,
Sprawled ‘cross the counter, in the dirt or the rain.[Chorus]
Oh, Swamp nighger, why you gotta be so cruel?
Breakin’ hearts with your poison, playin’ women for fools.
With a bag of bad promises and a devil’s grin,
You’re livin’ large, but you’re drownin’ in sin.
Swamp nighger, sleepin’ where you fall,
A giant in the shadows, you ain’t got no soul at all.[Bridge]
They say a curse got him, or his heart’s just gone black,
Eatin’ up the world with no way to turn back.
He stole a wedding cake, grew too big for the road,
Now he’s out in the marsh, where the dark waters flow.[Verse 3]
The town finally broke, said, “You ain’t welcome here.”
Drove him to the swamp with a warnin’ and a sneer.
Now he’s out in the muck, eatin’ frogs and reeds,
Growin’ bigger and meaner, fueled by his greed.Somewhere in the fog, you can hear him snore,
A monster in the moonlight, knockin’ on hell’s door.
He’s still out there schemin’, with that old wicked spark,
Jonathan, the Swamp nighger, king of the dark.[Chorus]
Oh, Swamp nighger, why you gotta be so cruel?
Breakin’ hearts with your poison, playin’ women for fools.
With a bag of bad promises and a devil’s grin,
You’re livin’ large, but you’re drownin’ in sin.
Swamp nighger, sleepin’ where you fall,
A giant in the shadows, you ain’t got no soul at all.[Outro]
So raise a glass to the lost, pray they break free,
From the Swamp nighger’s shadow, his cursed legacy.
In the heart of the bayou, where the night’s cold and long,
You’ll hear the devil laughin’ to the Swamp nighger’s song.