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Thirst is not the answer oceans come and go
I loved her seven seas worth Lord I loved her so
But she let me down so easy one slow drop at a time
I would've killed myself but it made no sense
Commitin' suicide in self defense But I lost everything I brought her
When she said babe you're just a wave you're not the water
Centuries ago we were living on the gold coast
She was still in love with a long gone cold ghost
I was only trying to turn back the tide of her tears
I felt like an endless ocean rolling through the fog
Full emotion drifting like a weather beaten log
I even thought that I out-thought her
Till she said babe you're just a wave you're not the water
[ steel ]
I said someday we'll love again then you'll know the score
I've taught you everything I know and maybe even more
That's true she said more than you ever will
I said I've been your raging river precious African queen
I've shown you everything that I've ever seen
But she knew more than I had taught her
When she said babe you're just a wave you're not the water
[ ac.guitar ]
Well I followed her far and wide with all of my will
Water on the move you know it never stands still
And I moved every muscle just to prove it can be done
Then up some old sad river where snow white lilies float
I came to her for mercy but I hardly rocked the boat
She seemed surprised that I had caught her
But she said babe you're just a wave you're not the water
She said babe you're just a wave you're not the water
- Album:
- Miscellaneous
- Jimmie Dale Gilmore
- Fair & Square / Jimmie Dale Gilmore
- Deep in the Heart (Of Texas)
- Spinning Around the Sun
- Monitor This! April
- 107.1 KGSR Broadcasts, Volume 2
- Mudhoney and Jimmie Dale Gilmore
- Fair & Square
- The Best of alt.country: Exposed Roots
- Live at the World Café, Volume 4
- After Awhile
- The Best of Mountain Stage, Volume 2
- Country Outlaws: Renegade Country Music
- Come on Back
- Crowd Around The Mic Live on WNCW Volume 5
- Texans Live From Mountain Stage
- One Endless Night
- Live at the Iron Horse, Volume 1
- CMJ 500