Mannish Water

Oh tenderness babe

Oh treachery

Let go the dealer's hand and quit placing bets for me

Oh such tenderness yeah

At zero gravity well

Let go the other man's hand and treat me with some decency

Since we've parted darlin

I can't get a hold on nothing

I pretend but you know

I can't live without your loving

All those promises of yours

They just dissolve to nothing

I pretend but you know

I can't live without your loving

I roll on sweet milk river

I float on brackish sea

I float down mannish water

Wash away this misery

I roll on sweet milk river

I float on brackish sea

I float down mannish water

Wash away these sins for me

Oh tenderness babe

Blatant heresy

Well when you act the queen of crime

And start faking dignity

Well oh such refined noblesse yeah

It's almost regency well

Slip back your black and white tongue

And treat me with some decency

Since we've parted darlin

I can't get a hold on nothing

I pretend but you know

I can't live without your loving

All those promises of yours

They don't evolve to nothing

I pretend but you know

I can't live without your loving

I roll on sweet milk river

I float on brackish sea

I float down mannish water

Wash away this misery

I roll on sweet milk river

I float on brackish sea

I float down mannish water

Bring the love on back for me

Just bring it on back to me

Bring it on back now to me

Bring it on back now to me

Bring it on back baby

Well don't you hear me singing yeah!

Roll on sweet milk river

I float on brackish sea

I float down mannish water

Wash away this misery

I roll on sweet milk river

I float on brackish sea

Well I'm a lonely man and

Well don't you hear me singing yeah!

Roll on sweet milk river

I float on brackish sea

I float down mannish water

Bring the love on back for me

Roll on sweet milk river

I float on brackish sea

Well I'm a lonely man and

Well don't you hear me singing yeah!

Roll on sweet milk river

I float on brackish sea

Well don't you hear me singing yeah!

Well I'm a lonely man and

Well don't you hear me singing yeah!

Roll on sweet milk river

I float on brackish sea

I float down mannish water

Don't you hear me singing yeah!

Roll on sweet milk river

I float on brackish sea

I float down mannish water

Don't you hear me singing yeah!

Roll on sweet milk river

I float on brackish sea

I float down mannish water

Don't you hear me singing yeah!