Looks like it's time to trim the fat They're digging a hole right through the 'Glades By the time that we get through, I'll have no use for you Won't you be so proud of the mess I made? My sweet, sweet, sweet Okeechobee Running through the shallows with cottonmouth Cypress knees My sweet, sweet, sweet Okeechobee is calling me With a forearm tan and a bottle that's where I'll be One time I brought a woman friend home with me For too damn long she couldn't stand the heat and mosquitos She said I had to choose but she never thought she'd lose When it comes to the one I love it's plain to see It's my sweet, sweet, sweet Okeechobee Running through the shallows with cottonmouth Cypress knees My sweet, sweet, sweet Okeechobee is calling me With a forearm tan and a bottle that's where I'll be Got a four wheel drive and a three gun rack A two eyed stove and a one room shack My paint job is starting to peel and there's a crack in my windshield You can bet each time I leave I'll be looking back To my sweet, sweet, sweet Okeechobee Holy blackwater with sawgrass and citrus trees My sweet, sweet, sweet Okeechobee is calling me With a forearm tan and a bottle that's where I'll be You can find me With a forearm tan and a bottle that's where I'll be You can find me With a forearm tan and a bottle that's where I'll bed