==================Still Waters=====
well I was shacked up down in Mobile
with a girl from New York City
she woke me up one night
to tell me that we weren't alone
she said she saw the ghost
of a woman staring at me
I told her not to worry
but in the morning when I woke up
she was gone
and so I headed on to Florida
where I tangled with some sailors;
as I lay bloody on the wharf
I cursed the ship they sailed on
wouldn't you know, 24-hours later
that ship sank into the ocean
disappearing like an unwanted memory
beneath the waves
I guess it's because
still waters run deep in me
I got this crazy way
crazy way I'm swimming in still waters
I was woke up just before dawn
by an old man crying in the rain
he was drunk and he was lonely
as he passed by he sang a hymn
and as I lay there listening
I almost joined in that song
but instead I just held my peace
and waited until that old man moved along
and later on that day
about a quarter mile out of town
I found his body hanging in a grove of pines
swaying in the wind
and as he swung, I don't know why,
I somehow felt inclined to sing along
I guess it's because
still waters run deep in me
I got this crazy way,
crazy way I'm swimming in still waters
you know there's projects for the dead
and there are projects for the living
though I must confess sometimes I get
confused by that distinction
and I just throw myself into the arms
of that which would betray me
I guess to see how far providence will
stoop down just to save me
It's all because
still waters run deep in me
I got this crazy way,
crazy way I'm swimming in still waters
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� copyright by Jim White, et al.
