There's a panther in Michigan. Don't that make your Halloween?
There's a panther in Michigan, although he is seldom seen
And he's following the water in the ways of the Indian
And he's crossing the border to Indiana
There's an awful lot of cover down along the Raisin River
We would set up on the one side, he'd show up on the other
I know people used to wonder why we couldn't catch the panther
There's an awful lot of cover down along the Raisin River
When a farmer in Manchester called, I was there in minutes
Following the trail of feathers
Through the high grass when he screamed
Thirty-four years in law enforcement, I've never been so scared
I could see where he was going by the way the grass was moving
There's a panther in Michigan. Don't that make your Halloween?
There's a panther in Michigan, although he is seldom seen
And he's following the water in the ways of the Indian
And he's crossing the border to Indiana
Now, people who know panthers say that they are lazy hunters
And they will take a prey that's wounded over one that's healthy
And he might mistake a child, playing in a sandbox
For some kind of wounded critter down along the Raisin River
Test drivers saw the panther at the Chrysler proving grounds
It was during hunting season. He was out there on the tracks
And he knew if he went in there, he'd be safe from hunters
He's an uncanny animal
There's a panther in Michigan. Don't that make your Halloween?
There's a panther in Michigan, although he is seldom seen
And he's following the water in the ways of the Indian
And he's crossing the border to Indiana
And he's crossing the border to Indiana, to Indiana