Wade Lyrics

The water is cold and dark

And the smell of the metal and reeds

And the bark of the trees

Unsettles me alarms and is marked by the

Pale umbilical trail of the moon

I must travel soon

Well the rain's been kind

But the sun has been blind

And it's not the kind of climate to plant a seed

We worked the land but the mud in our hands

Is not gonna stand another mouth to feed

I have never been so far from home

As the last pale pine on the horizon

Give me the strength to go

'Cause it's sink or swim and I'm feeling frozen

Wade in the water

Wade in the water

Just let me go down without a sound

Wade in the water

Wade in the water

It's sink or swim but my hands are bound

I have never been so far from home

As the last pale pine on the horizon

Give me the strength to go

'Cause it's sink or swim and I haven't chosen

Wade in the water

Wade in the water

Or row aground

Don't let me down

Leaves fall off in my hand one by one

Brown in the sand and I'm overcome

When we started this life all those years ago

I could not have imagined the pain I'd know

But it's not getting better and it's not going away

If you don't reach out cause you can't stay

The roots have all rotted and moot is the thought

That we oughta tried it another way

There comes a time in everyone's life

When it's no longer wise to look away

Wade in the water

Wade in the water

Row against the tide

Wade in the water

Or row against the tide

But you gotta try

I have never been so far from home

As the last pale pine on the horizon

Give me the strength to go

'Cause it's sink or swim and I haven't chosen

Wade in the water

Wade in the water

Or row aground

Don't let me down