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Taking On Water Run Time: 4:11
Written by Bill Mallonee for CyBrenJoJosh (BMI) ©1997
yes you're a big ship
loaded down with a whole lot of baggage and freight
life's a luxury liner
cutting through each circumstance and wave
now the cold icy waters
have sent the captain with his bottle off to bed
yeah the temperature's dropping
the radio is dead
taking on water
going down fast
yes under the breakers
send an S.O.S.
tell all the passengers
to spend what they wanna
taking on water
call it catastrophe
or the hand of the good Lord reaching through
call it a tragedy
there will be no last minute interviews
got to be a bit heavy-handed
when you're swimming in the shark infested seas
yeah to get my attention
off of my treason and mutiny
yeah call me irresponsible
but baby call me undeniably true
well at least for the moment
when i first set my eyes on You
got a big hole in a small heart
asking You no begging You to fill
gonna take some radical surgery
but You know my nasty will
Did You Know?
Bill has called this "a song about boating... with a bad outcome." This was one of Bill's picks (along with "Locust Years") for the first single off of Slow Dark Train. "Love Cocoon" was instead picked by the label.
Appeared On…
Slow Dark Train (1997)
Live at the 40Watt (1998)
BillTunes February 2005 (2005)- BillTunes June 2006 (2006)
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