the bottomless lake

here's the story of a man and his family, and a big trip that they took, well, i heard all about in a restaurant, and i read it in a history book, they rented a car at the erie canal, but the car didn't have no brake, said ma to pa "my god this car", "is gonna fall into the bottomless lake", well, mama turned to daddy with a pale face, said "i've done something horribly wrong", "well, the waters still runnin' in the bathtub", and i think i left the kitchen light on", then i heard a crash the car when splash, and the compass rolled around and around, oh, for heaven's sake! we fell in a lake, and i think we're all gonna drown, we are falling down, down to the bottom of a hole in the ground, smoke 'em if you got 'em, i'm so scared i can hardly breathe, i may never see my sweetheart again, play once after first verse, there was plenty of food in the backseat, and the windows were rolled up tight, so we all nibbled on a chicken leg, told stories 'way thru' the night, well, pa told one that he told before, and the baby got a bellyache, said ma to pa "my god this car", "falling down a bottomless lake", poppa played the music on the radio, mama rocked the baby to sleep, he said he would've taken the other road, but he didn't think the lake was that deep, well, if the ferry been there at the end of the pier, we'd be half way to uncle jake's, instead of looking at fish out the window i wish, we'd hit the bottom of the bottomless lake, 'stead of looking at fish out the window i wish, we'd hit the bottom of the bottomless lake, so if you're ever goin' on a big trip, ya better be careful out there, start everything on you good foot, and wear clean underwear, take along a bible in the backseat, read of david and solomon, for if you make a mistake in the bottomless lake, you may never see your sweetheart again, if you should make a mistake in the bottomless lake, you may never see your sweetheart again, if you should make a mistake in the bottomless lake, you may never see your sweetheart again