Taking Water - Billy Strings

Cold cold ashes on the ground

Nothing lost and nothing’s found

Friends and loved ones falling down

Can’t you hear that mournful sound?

Nothing left but memories

Of things I still can’t stand to see

There’s an empty spot in me

Where my hometown used to be

This old boat is taking water

It won’t be long 'til it goes down

We’ve had enough to push us over

Time to turn the wheel around

Neighborhoods left to decay

People died or walked away

Nowhere left for them to stay

While we just look the other way

This old boat is taking water

It won’t be long 'til it goes down

Had enough to push us over

Time to turn the wheel around

Waves keep pounding through the night

Lost without a ray of light

Going down without a fight

Is there still time to make it right?

This old boat is taking water

It won’t be long 'til it goes down

Had enough to push us over

Time to turn the wheel around