Hell or Highwater

from Whiskey & Wanderin by Swindlin Hearts

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Hell or Highwater

Here comes hell, here comes highwater
watch it now as it burns my boat
as I try and cross the mississippi
to view the damage that I once wrote

Darlin I didnt mean to cause you madness
didnt mean to cause all those bitter times
reaching down into my own sadness
I came out a coward with a bitter mind

I didnt know
id be breaking a heart
and loving a ghost
please wont you bury me
kneeling next to her poor bones
in deceny

I see smoke rising up from the basement
didnt even know that you died in there
on my face you could see my hesitation
but your lonely little force pushed me down the stairs

I should have stayed, I shouldnt even bother
she kept me up, while I was keeping her down
now shes back to haunt me and holler
remind me of the days when I use to be proud

I didnt know
id be breaking a heart
and loving a ghost
please wont you bury me
kneeling next to her poor bones
in deceny

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from Whiskey & Wanderin, released August 5, 2014

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