I met a crocodile preacher

down by the flood

One eye on heaven

one eye on blood

He said

Boy

I've seen empires drown

Seen kings turn saints

Seen saints turn clowns

He spat in the river

The river spat back

And every lie we ever told

came floatin' up black

Nah yeah

yeah nah

The swamp remembers

Nah yeah

yeah nah

The water keeps score

You can run from your shadow

You can lock every door

But the swamp remembers

The swamp remembers

Saw a banker cryin'

Saw a drunk man pray

Saw a prophet sell tomorrow

for another yesterday

Everybody's huntin'

Everybody's prey

Everybody's got a story

they're afraid to say

The moon looked crooked

The stars looked rough

And every tough man there

had never been tough enough

Nah yeah

yeah nah

The swamp remembers

Nah yeah

yeah nah

The water keeps score

You can bury your secrets

Seven feet or more

But the swamp remembers

The swamp remembers

Then the crocodile laughed

Like thunder in chains

Said

Son

Love ain't weakness

And pain ain't shame

The strongest thing

you'll ever do

Is tell the truth

when the truth knows you

Nah yeah

yeah nah

The swamp remembers

Nah yeah

yeah nah

The water keeps score

And when the last fire dies

And there ain't no war

The swamp remembers

The swamp remembers

And the crocodile prophet

Still walks the shore