High Water Video (MV)

I was built with labor and with love
It only took one year
And it wasn't long before the calls
To use me would appear
I was a multi-purpose vessel
All ready for the sea
So many merchants boarded
For their cargo and for me
My sails were full, I was riding high
Then someone burned my mast
My anchor chain was cut in two
So much for trying to cast
The captain and the crew jumped ship
When trouble turned its head
They didn't think they'd save me
So they chose to flee instead
Well, the thunder rolls and the waves crash over me
And in the morning, I don't know where I will be
Oh, I've heard talk of harsh mistresses
But now I know them well
High water has become my hell
Well, I've drifted halfway round the world
Looking for my home
But no harbor wants to welcome me
No matter where I roam
The water seems to stretch
For half a million leagues at best
I've seen one patch of blue and green
So I've seen all the rest
Now, I've survived six hundred storms
And fifteen mutinies
But my frame is creaking under me
Just like it's begging "please"
Give me a shore to land on
Hell, a pile of rocks would do
Anything to stop me moving
And to say my journey's through
Well, the thunder rolls and the waves crash over me
And in the morning, I don't know where I will be
Oh, I've heard talk of harsh mistresses
But now I know them well
High water has become my hell
Well, the thunder rolls and the waves crash over me
Oh, and in the morning, I don't know where I will be
You see, I've heard the talk of harsh mistresses
But now I know them well
High water has become my hell
Oh, I've heard talk of harsh mistresses
But now I know them well
High water has become my hell