ACT I the Ballad of Floyd Collins - Adam Guettel

Deep in the land of the hollows an' creeks

If'n you git lost you git lost fer weeks

Listen to the tale of a man who got lost

A hundred feet under the winter frost

Now Floyd was a reasonin' man

He knew what he wanted an' he had a plan

He was jes' as smart as he was brave

He was gonna find him the perfect cave

Even Floyd knew somethin' wasn't right

He was suff'rin' nightmares at night

But he didn't worry 'bout what he dreamed

Things was goin' good or so it seemed

Went lookin' fer his fortune under the ground

Sure enough his fortune is what he found