water baby Lyrics

Will this river cleanse me at last

Too pissed off for the future, too grown for the past

I wanna drink something 'til it's gone

I want a dead phone and a horse to ride on

My first job was a drive-in place

Short skirts and roller skates

My boss was Jehovah's Witness

Cried when I asked if she liked Christmas music

Even back then, I knew

I was too curious to die

Some decisions in life you make multiple times

I swam on, water baby

Water baby

Water baby

Water baby

Got out of high school, the white collars were stained

Knew I'd never own land or study in Spain

Got by adding up tip line change

Some folks pay big for a friendly face

Read Upton Sinclair and Nickel and Dimed

My privileged eyes could still see the light

If you work real hard from the day you're born

Someone will make sure you stay on the ground floor

And even back then, I knew

That something was wrong

And if it was, what was I doing

Just writing songs

And swimming on and on and on and on and on

And on and on

Swimming on and on and on and on and on

And on and on

Now it's sunset on the golden age

The government's owned by those who can pay

From the dawn of time, it's been the same

Nothing trickles down except

Pain

(Huh)

Swim to the ocean

Swim to the ocean

Swim to the ocean

Swim to the ocean

Swim to the ocean

Swim to the ocean

(Going on and on and on and on and on and on)

Swim to the ocean

Swim to the ocean

Swim to the ocean

Swim to the ocean

(Going on and on and on and on and on and on)

Swim to the ocean

Swim to the ocean

Swim to the ocean

Swim to the ocean

(It goes on and on and on and on and on and on)

Swim to the ocean

Swim to the ocean

Swim to the ocean

Swim to the ocean

(Going on and on and on and on and on and on)

Swim to the ocean

Swim to the ocean

(It goes on and on and on and on and on and on)

At the end of each river and stream, there'll be you and me