Dead In The Water

He'd been there all happy hour

Spinning a two-year chip on the counter

I picked the stool to his left

And asked him, "What's that in your hand?"

He said, "It's an all-night conversation

'Bout a man too gone for saving

Who traded in everything he loved

For a buzz that didn't love him"

He said, "Only light I saw was neon

In a dive off of West End

I was all out of hope at the end of my rope

I knew it was sink or swim"

I was dead in the water, drowning in bourbon

I was a goner, that's when I heard Him

Whisper to my soul at 2 a.m

I said, "Amen"

I poured out the bottle, found something stronger

When I didn't wanna live any longer

I crawled down to that muddy riverside

Dead in the water

And I walked out alive

He said, "I come back here to remember"

Who I was before that river

Washed away the hell that held me down so long," oh-oh

Now I share my testimony

With the whiskey bent and the lonely

Who think that they don't have a prayer

Lord knows I've been there

Dead in the water, drowning in bourbon

I was a goner, that's when I heard Him

Whisper to my soul at 2 a.m

I said, "Amen"

I poured out the bottle, found something stronger

When I didn't wanna live any longer

I crawled down to that muddy riverside

Dead in the water

And I walked out alive

I walked out alive

There's a way to leave behind

Everywhere you've ever been

There's a well that won't run dry

You'll never thirst again

Come to the water, bring all your hurtin'

Come as you are and lay down your burdens

Just call on Jesus' name at 2 a.m

And say amen

Pour out the bottle, there's something stronger

You don't have to live this way any longer

Just crawl down to that muddy riverside