I remember my grandpa tellin me

About the early days of Florida

Born a swamp cracka two miles from Granny's Bay

Comin up the way of the wilderness

No car, phone, or electric light

Yeah just livin life one day at a time

No newspaper, no war, no strife

Just the elemental keys that provide for life

CHORUS:

Florida I know you're out there hiding from me

You get harder and harder to find

To understand every day she keeps slippin away

Florida please don't fade on me now

Autum sun sets morning skys ablaze

The oaks and the pines turn their palms up to the sun

The kind of beauty that hits down in your soul

But still you're hellbent to destroy it all

With Concrete and steel we pave

A road to hell on a land we've killed

So take a good look and remember it now

Cause one day you're gonna wake up and find it goooooone

BRIDGE:

Now skyskrapers and superhighways are carving throught the heart of Florida

Building subdivisions while the swamps are drained, making room for people and amusement parks (repeat)

It's like watching someone you love die slow

Yeah, they're killing her one piece at a time

I know some fools who think I should let go

But the've never seen Florida through my eyes

CHORUS:

I know you're out there hiding from me

You get harder and harder to find

Every day she keeps slipping away

Florida please don't fade on me now

Florida, I know you're out there hiding from me

You get harder and harder to find

Every day she keeps slipping away

Florida please don't fade on me now