Sedge grass sways in a heavy haze
Golden hour in a summer daze
Salt on the porch and the humid air
Wild *Taxodium* everywhere
Oh, we are rooted in the river mud
Feel the rhythm like a rising flood
Keep the light spinning in a steady glow
Watch the emerald current flow
Copper wire and a rusted gate
Patience is a botanist's only trait
*Sarracenia* traps the evening fly
Under a bruised and a purple sky
Oh, we are rooted in the river mud
Feel the rhythm like a rising flood
Keep the light spinning in a steady glow
Watch the emerald current flow
Silt on my boots and a steady hand
Mapping the veins of this delta land
Low tide breathing through the cypress knee
Deep as the water of a distant sea
Oh, we are rooted in the river mud
Feel the rhythm like a rising flood
Keep the light spinning in a steady glow
Watch the emerald current flow
Wooden planks creak in the midnight breeze
Counting the rings of the ancient trees
Wick in the lantern and a steady beam
Living the truth of a humid dream
Oh, we are rooted in the river mud
Feel the rhythm like a rising flood
Keep the light spinning in a steady glow
Watch the emerald current flow
Green gold in the bayou. Steady glow.
Just let it grow.
