What once was has not departed It still remains with me And bears evil witness To former shipwrecks Old wrecks lie on the riverbottoom A muddy home for fish and crawdads What's happened? Why am I included? They say the river never enters The same person twice But once you've seen those wrecks on the bottom You'll never believe that old saw I sit in the mud withy my eyes popping out I scare the fish, I hunt the crawdads What's happened? Why am I included? I can't remember; it's dangerous