From the recording Songs & Music Available For Licensing
(A trip down to New Orleans, a funky slow second line drum feel, a Professor Longhair piano style, and a song about dipping into the spiritual, into the now of nature, the power of water and the language of rivers that all of us speak way deep down in our souls.)
PUT YOUR FEET IN THE WATER
words & music by Grayson Hugh
Put your feet in the water
feel it tumblin’ down
like the night it comes fallin’
from the mountain to the ground
There’s a message in the water
stones are singin’ in the ground
the words are bright
in the still moonlight
light shinin’ all around
got to put your feet
your feet, feet, feet in the water
Put your feet in the water
it's alright with me
don't hesitate
it ain't ever too late
no need for misery
Put your feet in the water
don’t stay on the shore
gotta jump in
baby begin
that’s what we’re here for
I’ve seen the red-tailed hawk
come down from the sky
I know she’s watchin’ me
swimmin’ in the movin’ tide
feelin’ all the love inside
Put your feet in the water
get up off the floor
put ‘em down into the current
you’ll be askin’ for more
There’s a spirit in the water
talkin’ to you and me
there night and day
it won’t go away
step inside and you will see
got to put your feet
your feet, feet, feet in the water
Put your feet in the water
bring your body down too
bring your mother and your daughter
you know that it’s good for you
There’s a secret in the water
in the shape of a song
it’s deep inside
let’s go for a ride
just don’t wait too long
got to put your feet
your feet, feet, feet in the water
yeah hey yeah yeah yeah yeah
how hum, how hum, how hum
how hum, how hum, how hum
yeah no no no
get on down baby, get on down
get on down, swimmin’ all around
on down, way down, way down, hey hey
from the mountain to the ground
© 2015 by Swamp Yankee Music/ASCAP