taking water by billy strings


Cold Cold ashes on the ground

Nothing lost and nothing found

Friends and loved ones falling down

Can't you hear that mournful sound

Nothing left but memories

Of things I still can't stand to see

There's an empty spot in me

Where my hometown used to be


This old boat is taking water

It won't be long till it goes down

We've had enough to push us over

Time to turn the wheel around


Neighborhoods Left to decay

People died or walked away

Nowhere left for them to stay

And we just look the other way


This old boat is taking water

It won't be long till it goes down

We've had enough to push us over

Time to turn the wheel around


Waves keep pounding through the night

Lost without a ray of light

Going down without a fight

Is there still time to make it right?


This old boat is taking water

It won't be long till it goes down

We've had enough to push us over

Time to turn the wheel around


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