Mark Knopfler - Blood And Water

Blood and water Bound to overflow Blood and water Bound to overflow Well, there's no more high water But the old man's just waiting, I know You were sitting up on the levee Now they've gone up country They won't do nothing for you now Don't go asking me, they've gone It's all over here Sometimes I'd see her passing With the evening coming on I've seen you on her pathway I've seen you at dawn Look over yonder at that empty shack You know as well as I do They ain't coming back, they're gone It's all over here Blood and water Bound to overflow Blood and water Bound to overflow Well, there's no more high water But the old man's just waiting, I know So many promises Were broken, every one Kept people on the levees With sheriffs and shotguns, they're gone It's all over here Look over yonder at that empty shack You know as well as I do They ain't coming back, they're gone It's all over here Blood and water Bound to overflow Blood and water Bound to overflow Well, there's no more high water No more high water There's no more high water But the old man's just waiting, I know