Don't Go Near the Water - Sammy Kershaw

Your mama used to worry about that big muddy river

Honey do your remember?

You let the screen door slam when you stepped off the front porch

Then your mama calling don’t be late

And I’d hear your daddy holler «Son she’s my only daughter»

You’d stick your nose in the honeysuckle down by the gate

I could still hear your mama calling «don't go near the water»

We fell right in

Went over our head

But we didn’t go near the water

Nothing beats the young and sweet

And the nights got hotter and hotter

We were sure enough getting our feet wet mama

But we didn’t go near the water

We’d hear the rocking chair squeaking

As you sneaked up the back stairs

Mama waiting like a grizzly bear

Had to get the honeysuckle out of your hair

But in the morning light

You’d look her right in the eye

It wasn’t a lie

We didn’t go near the water

We fell right in

Went over our head

But we didn’t go near the water

Nothing beats the young and sweet

And the nights got hotter and hotter

We were sure enough getting our feet wet mama

But we didn’t go near the water

Your mama used to worry about that big muddy river

She should’ve worried about me

'Cause we were sure enough getting our feet wet mama

But we didn’t go near the water

Didn’t go near the water

Didn’t go near the water yeah