Floating Bridge
Well I never will forget that floating bridge.
Lord I never will forget that floating bridge.
Lord I never will forget that floating bridge.
They tell me five minutes time underwater I was hid.
I was going down and I throwed up my hands.
As I was going down I throwed up my hands.
As I was going down I throwed up my hands,
Saying, "Please Lord, take me on dry land."
Well they carried me in the house and they laid me 'cross the bed.
Well they carried me in the house, they laid me 'cross the bed.
Well they carried me in the house, they laid me 'cross the bed.
I couldn't hear nothing but muddy water running 'round my head.
Oh my mother often told me, "Quit playing a bum."
My mother always told me, "Quit playing a bum."
Lord, my mother always told me, "Son, quit playing a bum.
Go out somewhere and make a crumb."
All the people on the bridge was screaming and crying.
Well all the people on the bridge was screaming and crying.
All the people on the bridge stood screaming and crying,
Saying, "Lord have mercy, wher's we g'wine?"
Puente Flotante
Nunca olvidaré ese puente flotante.
Señor, nunca olvidaré ese puente flotante.
Señor, nunca olvidaré ese puente flotante.
Me dicen que estuve sumergido bajo el agua por cinco minutos.
Me estaba hundiendo y levanté las manos.
Mientras me hundía, levanté las manos.
Mientras me hundía, levanté las manos,
diciendo, 'Por favor Señor, llévame a tierra firme'.
Me llevaron a la casa y me acostaron en la cama.
Me llevaron a la casa, me acostaron en la cama.
Me llevaron a la casa, me acostaron en la cama.
No podía escuchar nada más que agua fangosa corriendo alrededor de mi cabeza.
Mi madre solía decirme, 'Deja de holgazanear'.
Mi madre siempre me decía, 'Deja de holgazanear'.
Señor, mi madre siempre me decía, 'Hijo, deja de holgazanear.
Sal y haz algo productivo'.
Toda la gente en el puente gritaba y lloraba.
Todos en el puente gritaban y lloraban.
La gente en el puente gritaba y lloraba,
diciendo, 'Señor, ten piedad, ¿a dónde vamos?'
Escrita por: Sleepy John Estes