Bitter Wood Smoke

Verse 1

Heavy lungs

I walk through the mud and the grit

No map

Lost my way inside the thick of it

Cold hands

Cold heart

Bitter wood smoke

Burning in the yard

Tearing us apart

Tearing me apart

Chorus

Give me water for the dry ground

Water for the dry ground

Water for the dry ground

It hurts so bad

It hurts so bad

God knows it hurts so bad

My brothers gone

My mother gone

My spirit gone

Verse 2

Dust settles

Red clay staining my worn out heels

Nothing feels real

Hungry belly

Nothing left to steal

Broken brick

Broken bone

Broken dream

Scraping for a meal

Trying to find a way to heal

Quietly

Dying slowly

Dying lonely

Waiting for the deal

Chorus

Give me water for the dry ground

Water for the dry ground

Water for the dry ground

It hurts so bad

It hurts so bad

God knows it hurts so bad

My brothers gone

My mother gone

My spirit gone

Bridge

Maybe I am cursed

Maybe I am done

Maybe I am just the lonely one

The sun is too hot

The rain never comes

I am counting my scars like they are sums

One for the house

Two for the road

Three for the weight of this heavy load

Chorus

Give me water for the dry ground

Water for the dry ground

Water for the dry ground

It hurts so bad

It hurts so bad

God knows it hurts so bad

My brothers gone

My mother gone

My spirit gone

Outro

Walking alone

Just walking alone

Until I am stone

Until I am stone

Nothing left

Nothing left

Dry ground

Dry ground