Shit Creek
She said, "Take your trouble to the river
Let the muddy water wash it away
If the truth doesn't float back up to the top
You can bid our love good day"
So I took to the edge, I dove on in
The current went and stole me away
Rocks and gravel, I ain't got a paddle
To dig my dying grave
See a trail of tears come trickling down
And the water's got a bitter taste
My heart is heavy and my boots ain't steady
And the waves keep slapping my face
I can hear her voice in the howling rain
Saying, "It's sink or it's swim"
But the deed's all done, I'm going down
And I won't be back again
Goddamn this river and its wandering ways
And the love we made was shallow indeed
I'm sinking like a ship, I'm a runaway devil
And I ain't got a paddle, going up shit creek
There's a bend up ahead by the dead bulrushes
Where the cottonmouth coil and play
I've been floating by levies and rusted-out Chevys
For now, on 15 days
In the fog, in the moon, in the Mississippi mud
Everywhere I see her face
But I'm only a pebble in the belly of the devil
In a godforsaken place
Goddamn this river and its wandering ways
And the love we made was shallow indeed
I'm sinking like a ship, I'm a runaway devil
And I ain't got a paddle, going up shit creek
Lie-lie-la, lie-lie-la-lie
Lie-lie-lie-la, lie-lie-la-la-lie
Lie-lie-la, lie-lie-la-lie
Lie-lie-lie-la, lie-lie-la-la-lie
So I reach for the reeds and the roots of the willows
That rises like a ghost from the bank
Hear the roar and the crash of every lost soul
That sprung a leak and sank
When my body is a bag of broken bones
With a farewell breath, I call
"Goddamn you lover, there will never be another"
And it's over the waterfall
Goddamn this river and its wandering ways
And the love we made was shallow indeed
I'm sinking like a ship, I'm a runaway devil
And I ain't got a paddle, going up shit creek
Goddamn this river and its wandering ways
And the love we made was shallow indeed
I'm sinking like a ship, I'm a runaway devil
And I ain't got a paddle, going up shit creek
Lie-lie-la, lie-lie-la-lie
Lie-lie-lie-la, lie-lie-la-la-lie
Lie-lie-la, lie-lie-la-lie
Lie-lie-lie-la, lie-lie-la-la-lie
Let the muddy water wash it away
If the truth doesn't float back up to the top
You can bid our love good day"
So I took to the edge, I dove on in
The current went and stole me away
Rocks and gravel, I ain't got a paddle
To dig my dying grave
See a trail of tears come trickling down
And the water's got a bitter taste
My heart is heavy and my boots ain't steady
And the waves keep slapping my face
I can hear her voice in the howling rain
Saying, "It's sink or it's swim"
But the deed's all done, I'm going down
And I won't be back again
Goddamn this river and its wandering ways
And the love we made was shallow indeed
I'm sinking like a ship, I'm a runaway devil
And I ain't got a paddle, going up shit creek
There's a bend up ahead by the dead bulrushes
Where the cottonmouth coil and play
I've been floating by levies and rusted-out Chevys
For now, on 15 days
In the fog, in the moon, in the Mississippi mud
Everywhere I see her face
But I'm only a pebble in the belly of the devil
In a godforsaken place
Goddamn this river and its wandering ways
And the love we made was shallow indeed
I'm sinking like a ship, I'm a runaway devil
And I ain't got a paddle, going up shit creek
Lie-lie-la, lie-lie-la-lie
Lie-lie-lie-la, lie-lie-la-la-lie
Lie-lie-la, lie-lie-la-lie
Lie-lie-lie-la, lie-lie-la-la-lie
So I reach for the reeds and the roots of the willows
That rises like a ghost from the bank
Hear the roar and the crash of every lost soul
That sprung a leak and sank
When my body is a bag of broken bones
With a farewell breath, I call
"Goddamn you lover, there will never be another"
And it's over the waterfall
Goddamn this river and its wandering ways
And the love we made was shallow indeed
I'm sinking like a ship, I'm a runaway devil
And I ain't got a paddle, going up shit creek
Goddamn this river and its wandering ways
And the love we made was shallow indeed
I'm sinking like a ship, I'm a runaway devil
And I ain't got a paddle, going up shit creek
Lie-lie-la, lie-lie-la-lie
Lie-lie-lie-la, lie-lie-la-la-lie
Lie-lie-la, lie-lie-la-lie
Lie-lie-lie-la, lie-lie-la-la-lie
Credits
Writer(s): Ketch Secor, Critter Fuqua, Kevin Hayes, Morgan Jahnig
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