Gin River

[Verse 1] Pearl shivers on the shores of Gin River Just searching for daddy alone, he’s a swimmer, he’s just late for dinner Her shadow dances on the surface and rips into ripples And scribbles off to find her daddy like calamity’s normal Find herself toe-testing these waters until both legs are piranhas They hiss, “This one’s on the house” then slither on her She questions, “Have you seen daddy?” he say “Yeah, maybe But your glass is half-empty and that’s a pity pretty baby.” He remind her of her father, watch the water get faster She fall in Gin River, love whoever want to catch her Undertow tug the string on her heart The river freezing her breath Fighting the current, screaming deep to her neck Calling for daddy, they keep bringing her drinks Oh how she sings as she weeps Tossed by the river, it’s that lingering stink So many fathers with strangers’ faces and promises crooked She just been looking so long she just forgot she was looking [Hook] She say, I promise I done cried him a river Plus I prayed him a boat He’s not a swimmer though he swear he can swim If you seem him would you tell him I miss him and that I never stopped looking I’m not a swimmer but I been swimming for him [Verse 2] Gin River playing tricks on her eyes It ain’t a place to get lost, woozy, stumbling, and blanking it off Dragged by the river, reaching weak for the bank So many selfish hands to help her stand on her feet with a yank The smile drown before she did Like hey doggie look at what, what we did She looking for something but guess he had what she needed She leaves a ghost just like that stick in the air But daddy dream in her stare Make up the high, the water, ring in her hair It’s thick in these waters, it’s thick with piranhas and leeches She say the deep’s a sink, you in it, try to swim for the beaches Try to search for a day, days turn to weeks and weeks into seasons And leeches turn into beacons, to each his weakness She whimpers how the water is fine The river cost her her mind She jokes: "the clouds look like her father", brothers brought her some wine Twisted ripples gives her up to the river Toward the cliff getting quicker, nobody looking for sister Pearl’s swimming where no one can find the pearl within the oyster No one can break her down now, no one can disappoint her Hide where no one can find her, the Pearl within the oyster No one can break her down now, no one can disappoint her [Hook]