Cover art for Cotton Mouth by The Doobie Brothers
Jul. 1, 19721 viewer

Cotton Mouth Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Red-eyed momma keep cryin'
Blue-eyed cat keeps a lyin'
Catfish keep his eye on the string
And that cottonmouth keep on windin'

[Chorus]
Sing, sing, sing

[Verse 2]
Dark moon keeps hidin'
And 'gator, he keeps right on slidin'
And bull frog, he ain't mindin'
Oh, cottonmouth keep on windin'

[Chorus]
Sing, sing, sing
Oh, we gotta keep on movin' on, yeah

[Verse 3]
Lightnin' bugs in bottles
They gimme all the light I need
And I'm seinin' bait for linin'
And that cottonmouth keeps on windin'

[Chorus]
Sing, sing, sing
[Verse 4]
Oh, that big iron pot's a boilin'
And that red-eyed momma keeps toilin'
And the crawdad meat's for dinin'
And oh, that cottonmouth keeps on windin', Lord, yeah

[Chorus]
Sing, sing, sing

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Credits
Arranged By [Horns]
Release Date
July 1, 1972
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