Barrel Jumping (A Man Of Letters

[Intro] (Well Sometimes I think that you Meet someone You Give and you give And you give until there’s nothing left No matter what It’s never Ever going to be good enough for them) [Verse I] Drove up to the river with the barrel in the back of the trunk The grilled chased the carrot moon the headlights hang out in front Mr. Merle and Johnny Cash swear I’m leaving at once I punch the gas the leaves all laugh The wind wheezes and coughs The water wash sprays off, pinpricks my lips Wet wood fram, moonlight barely, barrel slips I came too far to watch it drift off now I can't Let my ship slide alone right off the cliff Right off the cliff Right off the cliff [Verse II] I could’ve said you were rust I could’ve told you that I loved you to death Make a “me” of memories, cheap talk and wasted breath Wave my hat, beat my chest, ride this thing till it hits You love the mess, I’ll give you one that you never forget A man of letters knows the best of broken nets and frayed respects The promised catch of a cloud of breath or a fog in wind set Hands that get and hands that beg and hands that always forget You count on the tips but you can never ever count on the catch Count on the catch Count on the catch [Verse III] My little ship drifts with the leaves and water spraying across my lips Mr. Moon’s good work, blue earth been kissed The tube shifts, soft hiss in the sparkling mist That old lift in your falling chest just before the hit Never thought it would come to this My parents never taught me to drift Something I learned watching bridges burn down to sticks There’s nothing left but a mess of splinters, flailing limbs The water sounds just like the record’s end Just like the record’s end Just like the record’s end [Outro] There’s no big bang there’s no big mess There’s no big parade no big checks There’s no big bang there’s no big mess There’s no big parade no big checks There’s no big bang there’s no big mess There’s no big parade no big checks There’s no big bang there’s no big mess There’s no big parade no big checks There’s no big bang there’s no big mess There’s no big parade no big checks There’s no big bang there’s no big mess There’s no big parade no big checks There’s no big bang there’s no big mess There’s no big bang there’s no big mess There’s no big bang there’s no big mess There’s no big bang there’s no big mess There’s no big bang there’s no…