Monster In The Creek

Old sea captain warned us today

When the lord surely looked the other way

Something in the stream outside of town

Reached up and dragged my poor child down

[Chorus]

Has the devil caused this hellish heat

To lure our children down to the creek

Eleven miles from the nearest waves

What manner of beast has swam in from the bay

Young man dive in with hopes to free

My boy's body from the jaws of the thing

At the deepest part of the swimming hole

Refuses to give back the life it stole

[Chorus]

Bring your guns and dynamite

The monster in the creek dies tonight

Fire at whatever moves within the muddy waters of Matawan

Life fuses tossed deep

We'll blow the demon right out of the stream