The Drowning Man

He said "“ Grab any stool

Put your belly to the bar

I'm not such a fool

I know just who you are

It's been too many years

and not enough time

Have a cup of my tears

They've been watered with wine

I am the drowning man

I am the drowning man

There once was a girl

Every story starts that way

She lit up my world

like a fireworks display

And the flame drew me near

but it frightened me more

so I met her with water

and I rained "˜til I poured

Now I am the drowning man

I am the drowning man

I'm drowning in jiggers

And I'm drowning in smoke

I'm drowning in rivers

where the fish gasp and choke

I have drowned my tomorrows

just to drown out my past

Now I drown all my sorrows

at the bottom of this glass

"˜cause I am the drowning man

I am the drowning man

I won't die for money

and I won't die for love

and I won't die for beauty

or the good lord above

but i'll die for a dream

whose heart is engraved

in the rocks and the reefs

of my watery grave

I am the drowning man

I am the drowning man