Don't Ask For The Water

Ryan Adams

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 shell swallow you down 
And she's ten miles of peace 
And the hardest of nights 
And her belfrys 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 its all but a lie 
Don't ask her for the water 
Cause shell teach you to cry 

Don't ask her for the water

Cause shell teach you to cry

And her weapon of choice is a redpatterned 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