In September the sun rakes over the pond
Just like a farmer rakes over the ground
Like it's searching for something that swims down below
To haul up and carry on home
Mama told me that he lived here out past the grove
Sometimes she rode that old pickup he drove
When she passes that spot and looks to the west
She touches her hand to her breast
Heaven forbid they find him down there
Breathing in water like we breathe the air
Heaven's forgot him and left him to roam
The watery halls all alone
Annie Green said she saw him out there today
Silver ring flashing as he turned away
Those long auburn curls billowing slow
The poor boy who lives down below
Heaven forbid they find him down there
Breathing in water like we breathe the air
Heaven's forgot him and left him to roam
The watery halls all alone
He makes his bed where the Riverman sleeps
He lays his head five fathoms deap
He wanders the shoals where bottom weeds grow
The poor boy who lives down below
Heaven forbid they find him down there
Breathing in water like we breathe the air
Heaven's forgot him and left him to roam
The watery halls all alone
The watery halls all alone