[Verse]
He’s got a quarter section
Lake Eufaula sky
A jug line drifting
Where the blue cats lie
Sawdust on his boots
From the mill’s hungry maw
He trades wood for dollars
Keeps the taxman in awe
But the moon’s gone sour
The jars won’t fill
He’s chasing greenbacks
Bending his will

[Chorus]
He cooks that crystal
'cause the 'shine won’t pay
Chasing shadows in the light of day
He likes that money
The stink’s no care
Quarter section blues in the midnight air

[Verse 2]
The pines whisper secrets
But they won’t tell
A man’s gotta hustle
In a hard luck spell
Fishing lines tangle with the weight of regret
But he’s still counting bills on a burning bet

[Bridge]
Eufaula’s waters know his sin
Every ripple where the truth has been
But the trees don’t talk
And the fish don’t snitch
A man with a quarter section’s got an itch

[Chorus]
He cooks that crystal
'cause the 'shine won’t pay
Chasing shadows in the light of day
He likes that money
The stink’s no care
Quarter section blues in the midnight air