the drowning man

Lyrics

he said - grab any stool, put your belly to the bar, i'm not such a fool, i know 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