Deep River

[Intro] You were a cannonball, moving on the water I was the moon and the river and the rapture Mississippi cavalier crashing through the Mayqueen chandeliers Oh, my [0:25?] [Verse 1] We left the river, headed to the city Just two organ grinders, looking for a monkey With tombstone hearts and Blacksmith hands Aching just for being there on dry land Clattering stone and rattling bones Stepping to the beat of an old acetone You and me, my baby blue In the concrete jungle without our shoes Oh, my [?] [Verse 2] You get to the City, you gotta get a job And you'll walk those streets until your feet throb White shirts, clean teeth, combed hair, tie You'll still be at the bottom of the welfare line I tried to be a weatherman, tried to mix drinks Took out loans to learn to think Pink pills fizzing up my brain I stayed unemployed as the falling rain Oh, my [?] [Chorus] Deep river bottom blues Deep river bottom blues, yeah [Verse 3] Mr Banks said he could help but I could see his teeth Clicking like a tiger before fresh meat Compound interest, FDIC Nothing in this town ever came for free I soon missed the wind, blowing through the rushes I soon missed the river song riding like a Duchess Lost in someone else's prayer Trapped between the cold earth and the air Oh, my [?] [Chorus] Deep river bottom blues Deep river bottom blues, yeah [Instrumental] [Verse 4] In my blood, I could feel the tide Pulling through me like a president's pride, I Knew it was time to leave Smell of the water coming through the trees So we drank to the zealots, apostles and dreamers That were poor as the patriots and parking meters And flowed like a river full of gasoline And all of the ice down in New Orleans, 'cause There was no message I could find No epiphany calling from the clear divine Just broken screens and flying machines, in pieces on the ground Oh, my [?] [Chorus] Deep river bottom blues Deep river bottom blues, yeah Oh, my [?] [Outro] You were a cannonball, moving on the water I was the moon and the river and the rapture Mississippi cavaliers crashing through the Mayqueen chandeliers