FLORIDA

This song was written by John "JJ" Grey of MOFRO, which is a local band, with a great love and passion for ole Florida. This song perfectly captures the way Jerrod & I feel about where Florida is headed and how sad we are for the future of Florida - mainly for our son, Jackson, who will inevitably grow up in a very different Florida than the one Jerrod grew up in.

I remember my grandpa tellin me

about the early day of Florida

Born a swamp cracka two miles from Granny's Bay

comin up the way of the wilderness

No car, phone or electric light

yeah just livin life one day at a time

no newspaper, no wars, no strife

just the elemental keys that provide for life

Florida I know you're out there hidin from me

you get harder and harder to find

Everyday she keeps slippin away

Florida please don't fade on me now

Autumn sun set morning skys ablaze

the oaks and the pines turn their palms up to the sun

The kind of beauty that hits down in the soul

and still we're hell bent to destroy it all

With concrete and steel we pave

a road to hell on a land we've killed

So take a good look and remember it now

cause one day you gonna wake up and find it gone

Now skyscrapers and superhighways

are carved through the heart of Florida

building subdivisions while the swamps are drained

makin' room for people and amusement parks

It's like watchin someone you love die slow

yeah they killin her one piece at a time

I know some fools who think that I should let go

but they've never seen Florida through my eyes

Florida I know you're out there hidin from me

you get harder and harder to find

Everyday she keeps slippin away

Florida please don't fade on me now