Backwaters

[First Verse] Sun's so high, waterhole's dry I wanna give up, but I don't know why Sun's so hot that meat cooks in the shade Saw a lamb and it was choking on death It's mother kicked, and broken it's neck I never seen blood and milk mixed so divine I never seen such beauty so malign [Second Verse] Brother said Bourbon never done me good Neither did a face full of campfire soot Them burning Alport coals sting like a bitch I catch a lift on the last bus home To the end of the line for the coppers I own I get thrown off, hit on, beat up before I drown In the murky backwaters I lay my body down [Third Verse] Fifty stars above my head, and Thirteen scars run through my chest Blue and red blood fuck up my veins Blackened eyes, and a purple nose I've got missing teeth, got a lot of those Oh Marygold, you've never done me no harm Oh Marygold, in debt to you Don't ever wanna say the things I've thought of you Oh Marygold, I wrote you a love song