Up around the bendnA southern boy with not a grinnAnd fingertips that won't leave printsnAnd that bad dog won't come homenWe should have known, it's not our ownnIt's the way that the famous sit alonennNow that those boys left townnThat Cape Fear bridge fell downnIt made the river taste like whiskeynSo R-E-L-A-X cowboynYou cannot kill what you don't enjoynThis is your chance, go be a mannShow the devil how good you dance!nnIf you meet me at the river to dancenI'll feel the rhythm in the side of your handnWell Carolina's leaving so you gotta fill your reasonsnIt's the dead, the dead can dance.nIt's the dead, the dead can dance.nnNow that the arrest was madenThey took him down at the masqueradenHe had nothing he could tradenTalks in her sleep againnIt's too damn late and she can't come innWell that's all,nWHAT'S WRONG?nHe didn't realize they were missingnnYEAH!nWELL ALRIGHT!nnThose dead boys got me wrongnThat song was way too longnWe took a chance to shake the willingnSo R-E-L-A-X your stridenShake it, shake it mama, make me lose my mindnThis is your chance, go be a mannTeach that devil to dancennWell if you meet me at the river to dancenI'll feel the rhythm with the side of my handnWell Carolina's leaving so you better fill your reasonsnIt's the dead, the dead can dancenWhoa yeah, yeah, yeahnnSo many placesnPretty facesnTell that devilnTell that devil, leave those boys alone! x4