Name: On The Water - Single
Duration: P00H04M26S
Description: This is the second single from the new album Horoscope Blues

On The Water - Single

by The Bad Times Band

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This is the second single from the new album Horoscope Blues

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Livin life free from pain on the water
aint no captains daughter come and steal my pride
hop aboard, round trip for just a dollar
heard the captain holler i asked where to sign

then on the second day i aint seen a girl like that
well not before
she took my breath away, gave me a heart attack
and something more
well i wanna call to her but shes all the way up on the deck
oh and the deck seems so far away
for the crew like me, we stay where the engines stay

but i say the ocean comes with a headache pain
cause when i see your face then its gone again
but i say
the class system is the system of the past
i gotta feelin this feelin's gonna last
take my hand and we,ll sail on a lifeboat home

livin life free from pain on the sea
aint no thing youd say to me
i aint heard before
stay in bed, they said, went roamin on day 3
while the crew was dead asleep
well i snuck out the door

went up the hallway to the stairs,
then the clouds were rollin in
then came the thunder, now it clapped, along with roarin wind
but i spent an hour just lookin for a clue to where she was
or where she could be oh
willin to bet shes far away
dont think a girl like that would stay where the engines stay

livin life free from pain on the water
captains daughter she just came downstairs
i got excited, but ill try not to holler
friend, two days of roamin tell me
would you care? but she said

"where you been, boy i been lookin for you all o'er the place
i remember to the second day when i say your face
then she came down to the crew hangout
let down her long brown hair

and now she aint so far away
she said a girl like me we stay where the engines stay"

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released December 23, 2015

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