[Intro]
      


[Verse 1]
             
A country boy 

              
don't perspire

        
, and a city g

irl don't swea

t
             
But any fool c

              
an tell you,  

       
either one wil

l make you wet
             
Now I found ou

              
t the hard way

      
, and I can te

ll you yet
             
You'll do one 

             
or the other d

             
own in Muddy B

ottom.

[Chorus]
             
Muddy Bottom i

              
s a cornfield 

        
that my daddy 

gave to me
             
It laid along 

              
a river bank, 

      
 back home in 

Tennessee
             
The hottest pl

              
ace this side 

         
of where nobod

y wants to be
              
Ruddy, cruddy,

             
 good ole Mudd

  
y Bottom.

[Verse 2 ]
             
I hankered for

              
 the city and 


all the city l

ights
             
So I lit out t

              
o make my way 

    
and see the ci

ty sights
             
Now I catch my

              
self thinking 

        
through long h

ot city nights
             
I'd be way bet

             
ter off back d

             
own in Muddy B

ottom.

[Chorus]
             
Muddy Bottom a

              
in't as lonely

      
 as a busy cit

y street
             
And rattlesnak

              
es ain't half 

            
as mean, as lo

ts of folks I 

meet
             
I've come to t

              
he conclusion 

         
that ole Botto

m's hard to be

at
              
Ruddy, cruddy,

             
 good ole Mudd

  
y Bottom.

[Instrumental ]

         

            

[ Verse 3 ]
             
I sure do miss

              
 the river and

    
 my secret fis

hin' pool
             
I miss the gir

              
ls I'd chase d

              
own through th

   
e cornfield af

ter school
             
You may not un

              
derstand it  b

   
ut I sure do m

iss my mule
             
Now I wonder w

             
hy I left ole 

      
Muddy Bottom.

[Chorus]
             
Muddy Bottom i

              
s a cornfield 

        
that my daddy 

gave to me
             
It laid along 

              
a river bank b

    
ack home in Te

nnessee
             
The hottest pl

              
ace this side 

         
of where nobod

y wants to be
              
Ruddy, cruddy,

             
  good ole Mud

   
dy Bottom.

[Outro]
              
Ruddy, cruddy,

             
 good ole Mudd

               
y Bottom.