Half a mile from the county fair And the rain came pouring down Me and Billy standing there With a silver half a crown Hands are full of the fishing rod And the tackle on our backs We just stood there getting wet With our backs against the fence Oh, the water Oh, the water Oh, the water Hope it don't rain all day And it stoned me to my soul Stoned me just like Jelly Roll And it stoned me And it stoned me to my soul Stoned me just like going home And it stoned me And the rain let up, and the sun came up While we were getting dry Almost let a pickup truck nearly pass us by So we jumped right in and the driver grinned And he dropped us up the road And we looked at the swim and we jumped right in Not to mention fishing poles Oh, the water Oh, the water Oh, the water Let it run all over me And it stoned me to my soul Stoned me just like Jelly Roll And it stoned me And it stoned me to my soul Stoned me just like going home And it stoned me On the way back home we sang a song But our throats were getting dry Then we saw the man from across the road With the sunshine in his eye Well, he lived all alone in his own little home With a great big gallon jar There were bottles too, one for me and you And he said, "Hey, there you are" Oh, the water Oh, the water Oh, the water Get it myself from the mountain stream And it stoned me to my soul Stoned me just like Jelly Roll And it stoned me And it stoned me to my soul Stoned me just like going home And it stoned me And it stoned me to my soul Stoned me just like Jelly Roll And it stoned me And it stoned me to my soul Stoned me just like going home And it stoned me

She used to come over to my house, she only lived a few miles away I never knew why but my mama said if she wanted to she could stay A pretty little girl who fought like a boy but she wanted to hold me hand And the little blue dress that she always wore, Yeah it might have been her Only friend I remember that summer like yesterday she used to hang around all the time Down by the creek we would always play and tell secrets by the porch light Shy as a bird and timid as a flower, I wonder where she grew up I never really thought that much about it, But everybody said her daddy was The town drunk Broken like a bottle, Running from the only hole she ever had, Tangled in the talk behind her back Yeah he thought she was nothing, Growing like a weed on the wrong side of The trscks How could anyone not love a girl like that One afternoon in the middle of town I saw her daddy sleeping on a bench So I walked up and introduced myself And said his daughter was my best friend He looked at me like he didn't care and asked me for a couple of bucks Right then I decided that I'd look after that pretty little girl whos daddy Was the town drunk Broken like a bottle, Running from the only hole she ever had, Tangled in the talk behind her back Yeah he thought she was nothing, Growing like a weed on the wrong side of The trscks How could anyone not love a girl like that A girl like that Broken like a bottle, Running from the only hole she ever had, Tangled in the talk behind her back Yeah he thought she was nothing, Growing like a weed on the wrong side of The trscks How could anyone not love a girl like that A girl like that Several years later I read in the paper that her daddy had passed away I was holding her hand she had the baby in the other and there was really Nothing I could say She looked at me and I gave her a kiss all that mattered was he three of us Nobody thought it would all work out for that pretty little girl Whos daddy was the town drunk

Living, fighting, obsessing Just as long as I can share it all with you Yesterday, today, tomorrow, come rain, come shine Hell and back, the beginning, inbetween, till the end of time All that shines turns to rust All that stands in time Turns to dust As above, so below You ain't no fool and honey, I'm damn sure that you know Yesterday, today, tomorrow, come rain, come shine Hell and back, the beginning, inbetween, till the end of time All that shines turns to rust All that stands in time Turns to dust Oh no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no... ah ah Oh no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no... ah ah Oh no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no... ah ah Oh no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no... ah ah All that shines turns to rust All that stands in time Turns to dust All that shines turns to rust All that stands in time Turns to dust

Gathered for this mess Abandon all that you know You say that you're not blind Yet you can't see which way the river flows The engines start to seize The walls begin to close The betrayal that you see Yet you can't see which way the river flows The end, it has begun So blind that you can't see Visions that don't exist Of despair and misery As you sink forever further The quicksand in your mind And the day turns into night You choose what you shall find As the waters pull you under With nowhere left to go You say you see tomorrow Yet you can't see which way the river flows

From beyond all that I see Awaits a new reality Seek you truth forevermore The past is gone, it is no more All this time you thought that you belonged In this world that could do no wrong As belief begins to sway and faith begins to fade I watch it all just waste away Away Disbelief Away Broken mind, lifeless soul And everything you need to know All I thought and I believed The bleeding heart that could not see All this time you thought that you belonged In this world that could do no wrong As belief begins to sway and faith begins to fade I watch it all just waste away Away Disbelief Away I took your hand without regret In time the lies would all be met The carried stones that shall remind What you think is real you may not find All this time you thought that you belonged In this world that could do no wrong As belief begins to sway and faith begins to fade I watch it all just waste away Away Disbelief Away Disbelief Away Disbelief Away

I woke alone today For all the birds have flown Inside this empty house Which no longer feels like home No angel of mercy Is gonna hear my call, Lord, no No angel of mercy To dry the tears that shall not fall I woke alone today Amidst life's killing fields of war This door of memories Closed forevermore No angel of mercy Is gonna hear my call, Lord, no No angel of mercy To dry the tears that shall not fall No angel of mercy Is gonna hear my call, Lord, no No angel of mercy To dry the tears that shall not fall No angel of mercy Is gonna hear my call, Lord, no No angel of mercy To dry the tears that shall not fall