Backwaters

Album: Drenge (2013)
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  • Sun's so high, waterhole's dry
    I wanna give up, but I don't know why
    Sun's so hot that meat cooks in the shade

    Saw a lamb and it was choking on death
    Its mother kicked, and broken its neck
    I never seen blood and milk mixed so divine
    I never seen such beauty so malign

    Brother said Bourbon never done me good
    Neither did a face full of campfire soot
    Them burning Alport coals sting like a bitch

    I catch a lift on the last bus home
    To the end of the line for the coppers I own
    I get thrown off, hit on, beat up before I drown
    In the murky backwaters I lay my body down

    Fifty stars above my head
    And thirteen scars run through my chest
    Blue and red blood fuck up my veins

    Blackened eyes, and a purple nose
    I've got missing teeth, got a lot of those
    Oh Marigold, you've never done me no harm

    Oh Marygold, in debt to you
    Don't ever wanna say the things I've thought of you
    Oh Marygold, I wrote you a love song Writer/s: Eoin Loveless, Rory Loveless
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management
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