Boatman

Won't you lay down beside me and whisper my name

The wind's come to take me back

If you speak soft, if you speak low, I might hold on

And weave this warp off its track

I've traveled moments, traveled ages, to be next to you

To bring some shine to my bones

But this body's just an idea, a memory gone by

And you love's rendered in muted tones

There's a man in a boat

And he's calling my name

When it's all said and done

Every life's about the same

There's no one left to blame

What's in a name anyways

It was summer, there were fires burning within and without

I was a young, hot-headed mess

You were poetry, you were blooming, heart strong as an oak

Rising up above the rest

You caught my eye, he caught yours, and for him was the same

Your love was beyond compare

Whiskey fire rots my gut, he's leaving the bar

I follow through smoke-choked air

The duff was soft, decay hid the sound of my steps

As I came up from behind

But that branch, it did crack, with the shot of a gun

At the end of his barrel I died

There's a man in a boat

And he's calling my name

When it's all said and done

Every life's about the same

There's no one left to blame

What's in a name anyways

Still you lie, and my name does not pass your lips

And the wind, it beckons to me

My bones dry to dust, swept to the floor

To grind 'neath your lover's feet

There's a man in a boat

And he's calling my name

When it's all said and done

Every life's about the same

There's no one left to blame

What's in a name anyways