Flower of the Everglades Joe Stamm (Ft. Charles Wesley Godwin)

[Verse 1]
The house sits lonely, defiant of the sea
A monument of heartache lies at rest in Wilson Key
Born of another time, its design of another world
Footings in the sand, a brick and mortar pearl

[Verse 2]
There was an oil man from Texas
Pockets deeper than his wells
Fell for a flower of the Everglades
She drowned him in her swells
When he asked her to marry
She said, "Yes, but with a price
A mansion by the sea, looking over paradise"

[Chorus]
And how she loved that home
Furious as a hurricane can storm
Planted in the sand under the sun, over the keys
A flower of the Everglades, living out her dreams

[Verse 3]
Kids need raising and a husband needs love
She'd give 'em all they needed while her own roof sits above
Thirteen years of sunsets, peaking through the palms
Storms blew in and out, the mansion always holding strong