We Got 'em Beat
written by Mallory Graham and Scott Tyler
Copyright Penny Jar Publishing 2021

More than all the oysters in Apalachicola
More than all the manatees in the Springs of Wakulla
More than all that Sopchoppy honey
More than all that oil rig money
More than all the waves of the sea--
We got ‘em beat.

If I had a nickel for every moment spent with you
I’d collect them and keep them in a jar
Then I’d pour it out with interest to whoever is in charge--
“Make it a double this time through.”

More than all the oysters in Apalachicola
More than all the manatees in the Springs of Wakulla
More than all that Sopchoppy honey
More than all that oil rig money
More than all the waves of the sea--
We got ‘em beat.

Every day is another day for us (we got ‘em beat)
Won’t take less what we’re meant to take more of.
Every day is another day for us (we got ‘em beat)
I’ll take the verse and you take the chorus.

When it turns out true this land will break into the blue
We won’t be goners floating wide and far
You can throw on the spare tire and I’ll get life vests for the dogs
Drifting is growing with me and you.

More than all the oysters in Apalachicola
More than all the manatees in the Springs of Wakulla
More than all that Sopchoppy honey
More than all that oil rig money
More than all the waves of the sea--
We got ‘em beat.

Every day is another day for us (we got ‘em beat)
Won’t take less what we’re meant to take more of.
Every day is another day for us (we got ‘em beat)
I’ll take the verse and you take the chorus.