Ugly Purple Sweater - Riversnakes lyrics

Once our sons would walk the graveyard And thanks to all his brothers' stories Tim the youngest swore he'd seen an eye In the gra** When our neighbors lost their boy We saw how dark the river was We lied and said down stream they might find Riversnakes, the riversnakes We'd go swimming, if not for the riversnakes, the riversnakes When we were in the garden, they would swim. Tim called in the frigid morning To say that he'd been praying in secret, We were sure he'd n'er come home again We were sure - we were sure Later, Tim took off his clothes And dove into the rapid currents And each time he submerged we thought He n'er come up, he'd n'er come up. He swam until his skin was blue We didn't know what we should do When he got out we all went back for lunch!