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Taking Water

Billy Strings

Bluegrass

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Billy Strings

Acoustic Guitar

Billy Failing

Banjo

Glenn Brown

Synthesizer

Jarrod Walker

Mandolin

John Mailander

Violin

Royal Masat

Upright Bass

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

William Apostol

William Apostol

Songwriter

John Weisberger

John Weisberger

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Glenn Brown

Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Cold, cold ashes on the ground

Nothing lost and nothing found

Friends and loved ones falling down

Can't you hear that mournful sound?

Nothing left but memories

Of things I still can't stand to see

There's an empty spot in me

Where my hometown used to be

[Chorus]

This old boat is taking water

It won't be long 'til it goes down

Had enough to push us over

Time to turn the wheel around

[Verse 2]

Neighborhoods left to decay

People died or walked away

Nowhere left for them to stay

And we just look the other way

[Chorus]

This old boat is taking water

Won't be long 'til it goes down

Had enough to push us over

Time to turn the wheel around

[Instrumental]

Waves keep pounding through the night

Lost without a ray of light

Going down without a fight

Is there still time to make it right?

[Chorus]

This old boat is taking water

Won't be long 'til it goes down

Had enough to push us over

Time to turn the wheel around

This old boat is taking water

Won't be long 'til it goes down

Had enough to push us over

Time to turn the wheel around

Written by: John Weisberger, William Apostol

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