DON'T ASK FOR THE WATER
Ryan Adams
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I hate this old place
And what it represents
And I hate who I was
And who I ended up since

But if you learned how to swim
In case you’d drowned
Don’t ask her for the water
Cause she’ll swallow you down

And she’s ten miles of peace
And the hardest of nights
And her belfry’s got arch
But her rooftops all right

But down here in the sewer
I’m smelling a rat
Don’t ask her for the Whiskey
Cause her waters all that

And what horses we rode
Through what somber fields
With our lovers at war
And the dust on their heels

And the infidels screamed
It's all but the lie
Don’t ask her for the water,
Cause she’ll teach you to cry

Don’t ask her for the water
Cause she’ll teach you to cry

And her weapon of choice
Is a red-patterned dress
And a sac full of stones
With her hands on her chest

And a book full of quotes
And a tight fastened lip
Don’t ask her for the water
Cause you’ll sink like a ship

Don’t ask her for the water
Cause you’ll sink like a ship