Great Lake - Joe Henry

Teri comes in laughing

Shakes her coat off

And I just can’t bear to look

Anymore I hear somebody laughing

I just figure, I’ve been took

She stands right behind me With one hand on my back

My eyes are closed

At first I think she speaks to me But when I hear him say, «Hi»

I say, «oh»

Oh, oh, oh Here come the angels talking sweet to me Just like the thought that I was dumb

Like I don’t hear the talk from town

Like I don’t know what’s ‘bout to come

Everybody knows they left Paul without his clothes

Behind the barn in tears

Now we can’t get him off that God damned horse

He’s been there for years

Years, years, years

It’s ten o’clock the tv’s on my bed

The news is on, it’s never good

I’m up, I’m up, I’m getting up, I will

I know I really should

This lake is too big for me Jesus

Don’t hold me to anything I do If I surrender now and let it swallow me Don’t think they won’t blame you

You, you, you, you

Don’t think they won’t blame you

Don’t think they won’t blame you