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High & Dry
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Rock
High & Dry was released on September 27, 2024 by Blue Elan Records LLC as a part of the album Slowly But Shirley
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Release DateSeptember 27, 2024
LabelBlue Elan Records LLC
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM72

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Soul Asylum
Soul Asylum
Performer
Dave Pirner
Dave Pirner
Lead Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Dave Pirner
Dave Pirner
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Steve Jordan
Steve Jordan
Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Where the levee broke, the flood came down and washed away our little town
Grandma floated out to sea, I saw her looking back at me
So I swam down to 2nd Street, I touched the trees beneath my feet
There was nothing I could do but float away into the blue
[Bridge]
Floating over trees, face up to the sky
Hoping desperately to be high and dry
To be high and dry
[Verse 2]
With nothing I could hold on to, all I could do was think of you
Safe and warm, so far away, perhaps we'll meet again someday
I could not sleep as it grew dark, alligators, rats, and sharks
But that was oh so long ago, oh, where did everybody go?
[Bridge]
See me drifting by, wishing I could fly
I'd do anything to be high and dry
To be high and dry
[Verse 3]
I fantasize the higher ground, I felt that soon I'd probably drown
The water rose, for sure I'd sink, I only wanted one last drink
The bar was somewhere under me, as I became one with the sea
It's not the way I planned to die, I took one last look at the sky
[Chorus]
Sweet oxygen, dear old friend of mine
I can make amends and be high and dry
And be high and dry
[Verse 4]
I closed my eyes and held my breath, thought, "What the hell, I'll put off death"
And just as I thought life was lost, my shoelace snagged the big old cross
I balanced there upon the steeple, searching for the rescue people
I heard of being saved by the church, man, how could things get much worse?
[Chorus]
Then the sun came up, split the black cloud sky
The reservoir filled up, and the flood began to subside
I was hung out to dry, a tear falling from my eye
Way up in the air, hanging on for dear life
Looking for the rescue squad, I was high and dry
I was high and dry
Written by: Dave Pirner
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