==================Still Waters=====

well I was shacked up down in Mobile
	with a girl from New York City

she woke me up one night
	to tell me that we weren't alone
she said she saw the ghost
	of a woman staring at me

I told her not to worry 
but in the morning when I woke up
	she was gone

and so I headed on to Florida
where I tangled with some sailors;
as I lay bloody on the wharf
I cursed the ship they sailed on

wouldn't you know, 24-hours later
that ship sank into the ocean
disappearing like an unwanted memory
	beneath the waves

I guess it's because
	still waters run deep in me
I got this crazy way 
    crazy way I'm swimming in still waters

I was woke up just before dawn 
by an old man crying in the rain
he was drunk and he was lonely 
as he passed by he sang a hymn
and as I lay there listening
I almost joined in that song
but instead I just held my peace 
and waited until that old man moved along

and later on that day 
about a quarter mile out of town
I found his body hanging in a grove of pines
	swaying in the wind
and as he swung, I don't know why, 
I somehow felt inclined to sing along

I guess it's because
		still waters run deep in me
I got this crazy way, 
     crazy way I'm swimming in still waters


you know there's projects for the dead 
and there are projects for the living
though I must confess sometimes I get 
	confused by that distinction
and I just throw myself into the arms 
	of that which would betray me
I guess to see how far providence will 
stoop down just to save me

It's all because
	still waters run deep in me
I got this crazy way, 
     crazy way I'm swimming in still waters

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