Take a swim in the water
Take a swim in the water
Dear Arkansas daughter
[Verse 1]
You with the dark curls, you with the watercolored eyes
You who bears all your teeth in every smile
Says I can always hear you sing, I wanna hear you speak to me
While a stranger braids my hair back out on the street
And in your dreams we are shooting at snakes
And while you were asleep, I was surely awake
[Pre-Chorus]
I was talking at a cigarette
There's nothing left to say
But he should have been there anyway
For I didn't sing a single song, all day
[Chorus]
As my love for you dies
As my love for you dies
As my love for you is steadily dying
As sharp and serious as a pistol in the eye
[Verse 2]
My heart is full of swords
Full of, full of swords
Your love, it knows the Lord
Tie my hands and I'm on my knees
As I kneel down, I kneel down in the sea
To the ocean floor, I will sink
Like a steel chest full of weapons
And all in spite of the tide, you will rise
Like a red, ripe, red, ripe apple
Take a swim in the dirty water
Dear Arkansas Daughter
Take a swim in the dirty water
Darling, child, true love of mine
[Chorus]
As my love for you dies
As my love for you dies
As my love for you is steadily dying
Darling, child, true love of mine
Darling, child, true love of mine
[Intro] Take a swim in the water Take a swim in the water Dear Arkansas daughter [Verse 1] You with the dark curls, you with the watercolored eyes You who bears all your teeth in every smile Says I can always hear you sing, I wanna hear you speak to me While a stranger braids my hair back out on the street And in your dreams we are shooting at snakes And while you were asleep, I was surely awake [Pre-Chorus] I was talking at a cigarette There's nothing left to say But he should have been there anyway For I didn't sing a single song, all day [Chorus] As my love for you dies As my love for you dies As my love for you is steadily dying As sharp and serious as a pistol in the eye [Verse 2] My heart is full of swords Full of, full of swords Your love, it knows the Lord Tie my hands and I'm on my knees As I kneel down, I kneel down in the sea To the ocean floor, I will sink Like a steel chest full of weapons And all in spite of the tide, you will rise Like a red, ripe, red, ripe apple Take a swim in the dirty water Dear Arkansas Daughter Take a swim in the dirty water Darling, child, true love of mine [Chorus] As my love for you dies As my love for you dies As my love for you is steadily dying Darling, child, true love of mine Darling, child, true love of mine Explain Request ×
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