John Prine - The Bottomless Lake Lyrics
Heres the story of a man and his familyAnd a big trip that they tookWell, I heard all about in a restaurantAnd I read it in a history bookThey rented a car at the erie canalBut the car didnt have no brakeSaid ma to pa my God this carIs gonna fall into the bottomless lakeWell, mama turned to daddy with a pale faceSaid Ive done something horribly wrongWell, the waters still runnin in the bathtubAnd I think I left the kitchen light onThen I heard a crash the car when splashAnd the compass rolled around and aroundOh, for heavens sake! we fell in a lakeAnd I think were all gonna drownChorus:We are falling downDown to the bottom of a hole in the groundSmoke em if you got emIm so scared I can hardly breatheI may never see my sweatheart againPlay once after first verseThere was plenty of food in the backseatAnd the windows were rolled up tightSo we all nibbled on a chicken legTold stories way thru the nightWell, pa told one that he told beforeAnd the baby got a bellyacheSaid ma to pa my God this carFalling down a bottomless lakeRepeat chorus:Poppa played the music on the radioMama rocked the baby to sleepHe said he wouldve taken the other roadBut he didnt think the lake was that deepWell, if the ferry been there at the end of the pierWed be half way to uncle jakesInstead of looking at fish out the window I wishWed hit the bottom of the bottomless lakestead of looking at fish out the window I wishWed hit the bottom of the bottomless lakeSo if youre ever goin on a big tripYa better be careful out thereStart everything on you good footAnd wear clean underwearTake along a Bible in the backseatRead of david and solomonFor if you make a mistake in the bottomless lakeYou may never see your sweetheart againIf you should make a mistake in the bottomless lakeYou may never see your sweetheart againIf you should make a mistake in the bottomless lakeYou may never see your sweetheart again
