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The Edge Of The Everglades

from Sunshine State Of Mind by STEViE - One Bloke One Mandolin

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His daddy was a fisherman, whose brother fished beside him
In the family fishing business working out amongst the islands
As with most the local families, was the only life they knew
Sons and fathers, brothers, uncles, all made up the crews

With their quotas getting lowered by both government and state
All their businesses were going south, that slowly sealed their fate
They would put their boats to other use where money could be made
Smuggling drugs from south America fuelling new trade

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With one eye on the sky and the other on the ocean
Looking out for FBI or DEA or for the coastguard
It was just a different business, with good money to be made
Out in The Ten Thousand Islands on the edge of the Everglades

A few years came and went, the early eighties were a boom
Business fruitful, folks were busy but the feds would catch on soon
Though the drugs were bought in quietly, trafficked through with stealth
There were far too many townsfolk showing too much wealth

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Middle 8
When the busts came, it was quickly and so many in one town
Over half the population, many of them would go down
There were many families broken up, so many tears were spent
The sentences were passed down and off to jail they went

There are stories that are told of hidden money tucked away
It's out amongst the mangrove and remains there to this day
It's quietly revisited in the dead of night
But you'd never know, the locals learned, there ain't no wealth in sight.

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from Sunshine State Of Mind, released September 1, 2022

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STEViE - One Bloke One Mandolin Coventry, UK

Having toured and performed at festivals around Europe with Kane & Co. and Cactus Jack and also gigging and recording in the US in the late 90s into the early 2000s, nowadays he performs as Stevie Simpson (One Bloke One Mandolin) playing original country, folk and americana songs.

Stevie has seven studio albums to his name, his latest being Sunshine State Of Mind released in October 2021. ... more

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