I Went Down

I went down to the river Thinking that you were beside me And I went out on the bayou You stayed home by the sea And eighteen years of rain Don't make a waterfall Ayi I wanna go down I saw you bathing by the pool The house behind you was on fire Everyone around you is a fool Fanning at the flames with their own torches And you asked me to get it in But you're still treading water where there is none Ayi I wanna go down You ate and drank and went to bed I stayed behind to grab the paper Every tired story is the same A boy, a girl, a house, a dog, a child And as I walk up the stairs You'll still be up drinking with the light on Ayi I wanna go down To the center of the earth where the water spins 'round forever I am just as close to you as I could ever be Buried sixteen thousand feet alive in core and magma Still feel the cold clear streams of Tennessee Ayi I wanna go down