Way down in the state of Georgia through the swamps and everglades

There's a hole in tiger mountain god help the man

Who gets lost in miller's cave

I had a girl in way cross Georgia

But she had unfaithful ways

Made me feel I was unwanted like the birds and the bears in miller's cave

I couldn't stand the way she did me couldn't take her lowdown ways

Before I'll stay with the cheatin' woman

I'll go live with the bears in miller's cave

Dark old cave

I caught her out one Sunday morning with the man they call big Dave

Meanest man in way cross Georgia I'd rather fight a mountain lion in miller's cave

I said you'll pay both you and Davy I'm gonna see you in your graves

They laughed at me and then I shot 'em

I took their cheatin' skin and bones in miller's cave

Dark old cave

That woman made me feel unwanted but I showed her I was brave

Most wanted man in the state of Georgia

But they'll never find me cause I'm lost in miller's cave