Wade in the Water Lyrics

Sometimes when pain escapes me, when right and wrong and my name escapes me
I write people I'll never know, a letter
I don't know how I got here to begin with, wherever here is, I hope somebody reads this
I just saw a shadow and I followed it to forever

Is blood thicker than water
She got that water
Baptized in water
Holy water
I was sellin that water
When we had no water
Wine from the water
Oh, the river

Wade in the water
Wade in the water, children
I know, I know heaven's hands won't rescue me
I've done things and I must pay a handsome fee

I have memories of several minds of different lives of places and times
And I'm an old soul that's traveled a long way so I'm tired even when I'm wide awake
In one life I was filthy rich I built a home like in Rome with pillars in it
And my queen was there like Cleopatra and she was perfect and we had servants and they'd look after us

Is blood thicker than water
She got that water
Baptized in water
Holy water
I was sellin that water
When we had no water
Wine from the water
Oh, the river

Wade in the water
Wade in the water, children
I know, I know heaven's hands won't rescue me
I've done things and I must pay a handsome fee

Mamma said son don't drink from the river
Stay far away from that ol silent killer
If I'm ever not around this I'm warning you
I've buried one child, boy, don't make me bury two
That's what mamma said
Son don't drink from the river
Stay far away from that ol silent killer
If I'm ever not around this I'm warning you
I've buried one child, boy, don't make me bury two
That's what mamma said

Wade in the water
Wade in the water, children
Wade in the water
Wade in the water, children
I know, I know heaven's hands won't rescue me
I've done things and I must pay a handsome fee (a handsome fee)
I know, I know, I know, I know, I know where I'm at ain't where I'll be
I've done things and I must pay a handsome fee (a handsome fee)