Deep Water

Green-eyed looker, it [always pains me to see] Hollowed-out picture of skin and bone The strangest stranger that I ever did meet Oh and I guess I ain't that old She came on strong with her confidence Make you sweat in your cotton, though it'll breathe And the cruelest behavior ain't born [or mined]— [to fill her shell she'll just] go and down the wine It's deep water, driving rain And all I can remember is a cold Another burned-out lover who was begging to leave— She said "why wouldn't you tell your soul to me?" Took all I had in my waiting cell And a little of what I just [don't know] But I got my thinking up to where I fell And I let the memories of my lovers die It's a bitter taste and a blinding light And time fade burns, [most would know] I took the hand of the woman I love Now I am sure I'm gonna make her my own It's a deep water, a driving rain— I'm making a shelter of my own When Jesus comes he's gonna eat with me And he's gonna find our children [hope] Got a road all laid out and trenched And [mind] enough for a walking pace It seems a difference from where I've come And oh Lord I'd love to see that place again With its deep water, mountain range And full of those hard-living kind Petrol stations and a copper mine— The kind of place I think I could die