Beautiful South - This Old Skin lyrics

It was '96 in South Carolina That's the place and not the goddamn year Sittin' on the porch out at Bobby's place Just tuggin' on a Lukewarm beer And there I was peepin' like an old sidewinder Just an inch or so above the mud The first to find out that it's rainin' Is the last to find out it's a flood And it was paradise valley Nevada Not far from where the west was won I am the only black face in the whole damn place Just a raisin' in the blazing sun And there I am like that old sidewinder Just wishin' that her eggs ain't hatched And the chain I wear has 'em wishin' for the day When it came with a ball attached So I'm gonna move, right outta this town This old skin, stops weighing me down This old skin He was sittin' in the very same spot that Otis Sat to watch the dock of the bay In the very same spot,that the ships rolled in Now there's nothin' but the mud and the clay I'm gonna move,right outta this town This old skin is weighing me down This old skin Outside Orlando in the sunshine state Has just upped itself another degree I am the very last orange of the whole year's crop Hangin' dearly to the branch of the tree And the wind and the spring couldn't do anything So I'm burnin' in the sun of the south That old sidewinder in the dust below I'm just waiting till it opens its mouth So I'm gonna move, right outta this town When this old skin, finally touches the ground This old skin He was sittin' in the very same spot that Otis Sat to watch the dock of the bay And the very same spot the ships rolled in Now there's nothing but the mud and the clay Now, I'm gonna move, right outta this town When this old skin, finally touches the ground This old skin This old skin This old skin This old skin