The Suwannee Fighter

Intro

(High lonesome wail)

Ooh-oh

High on that ridge

Chorus

Iron in the name

Iron in the blood

Deep as the canyon

Hard as the flood

Hurst boys stay standing

Hurst boys don't run

The strongest of spirits

Under the sun

Verse 1

John Boy

Up on Tuppers Creek

Mountain air biting his face

He learned how to tangle with titans

Wrestling champion

Mastered by the hand of Carr

Strongest arms in the county

None could pin him down

Rough timber king

Pre-Chorus

Mountain man

River wild

Never broke

Never failed

Chorus

Iron in the name

Iron in the blood

Deep as the canyon

Hard as the flood

Hurst boys stay standing

Hurst boys don't run

The strongest of spirits

Under the sun

Verse 2

Johnny Albert

Seminole speed in the heat

Thunderous strides in Florida

Then Marshall called him home

Missing the flight

Watching the plane leave him

Cheating a cold gray death

To fight another day

Glory on the turf

Hammer of a man

Pre-Chorus

Gridiron ghost

Florida wind

Steel in the soul

Life found a way

Chorus

Iron in the name

Iron in the blood

Deep as the canyon

Hard as the flood

Hurst boys stay standing

Hurst boys don't run

The strongest of spirits

Under the sun

Bridge

Old man Arley

Iroquois patch on his sleeve

Jungle rot and island wars

Brought back a fire

No water could quench

Dragging a son to Suwannee

Cleaning out the pool halls

One fist at a time

Verse 3

Raging heart

Hamilton county barrooms

Arley left them shaking

Driving through the Florida pines

Johnny watched it all

Knowing the Hurst grit

Never yields

Never bends

Living history

Chorus

Iron in the name

Iron in the blood

Deep as the canyon

Hard as the flood

Hurst boys stay standing

Hurst boys don't run

The strongest of spirits

Under the sun

Hook

From the mountains

To the swamp

Legend lives

Toughest men

Hurst name rings

Through the hills

Forever bold

Never forgotten

Iron in the blood

Hurst lives on