Held onto your letters They’re getting better with age Now my desk’s like a pulpit And my bed like a stage
See, all these debts keep me under Ain’t no words worth the cost If I should carry me farther Than the load of a lover once lost
We used to walk down the road to Buttermilk Falls Dip in your feet, put your hair down Thinking I just won’t make it And if I go back tomorrow Would I still feel the same? I put my feet in the water but the water got hotter So I just keep my body by the edge of the bay
Make believe we were younger Forget the money we owe You got your prior commitments, baby Just wish I had some of my own ‘Cause ain’t no loving me Before you know what I’m worth ‘Cause you are the life of the party And I am the scum of the earth
But we used to walk down the road to Buttermilk Falls Dip in your feet, put your hair down Thinking I just won’t make it And if I go back tomorrow Would I still feel the same? Oh, I put my feet in the water but the water got hotter So I just keep my body by the edge of the bay