Green Water

In the bedroom window
There was a man
On the glass, I saw his crooked hand
He said, "What of destruction do you know?
Child, the crocodiles wait down below"

So, lower that wrist on my desk
For the boy I grew up with
He will find you on my chest
Says, "You're just like anyone I
Knew would cut and run"

Dear sir
It's been six years and a day since
One of us said, "I'll die, fine, I'll go"
And which one of us is saved?
And which one of us is turning in an early grave?

Some may soothe along the road
When you're dying for a second chance
And I know you are too old
Your conscious will betray you
And stir you on back home

Where the hardened wind
It's so hard and so harder to grasp
Will you let your feet keep sinking
In my dark obliging grasp?
(Where you say)

"Lower me down
I know this town
It must've been more than water
That knocked you so hard
That knocked you around

The big ships overcame
And so you've gone and changed
Look to the girls and know we got some heart of glass
I guess I'll have to love you more than ever now"

"Oh, madam
Do you remember the cold green water?"
"Yes, sir, it was there
I let you pull the braid out of my hair"

"Now I'm sure it's been a week," I said
"Since your mother stayed and went to bed
And everybody knows that boy's got more than just
Blood on his hands

The blood has risen to his feet
Some days, falls into the street
And I'm a mother, I worry so
I know you'll understand"

Well, the Rowman said, "I'll be right down"
And stripped from his red dressing gown
Said darkly to his patsy
"And I will return"

And the wind
They blow like shards of glass
But it means he's escaping
I wish we had got out

Well, lower me down
I know this town
It must've been more than water
That knocked you so hard
That knocked you around

The big ships never came
And so you've stayed the same
Look to the girls and know we got some heart of glass
I guess I'll have to love you more than ever now

Well, madam
It certainly is green water?
Yeah, yeah, yes sir, I'd say
It surely is lovely water