Dear Stranger

The levee's down it has broken again

Oh, the town is underwater, all the roads have sunken in

Cemetery flowers have all washed away

Oh, the storm has turned the sky to a dusty kind of gray

I saw her yesterday

What a terrible lie to tell at all

Full of alcohol

Goodbye, my dear stranger

I'll miss my unknown savior

209 on old Lee Street

Calling out a name I never knew is something to unsettle you

I jumped into the water, rising fast

Swam down to the floor, 400 feet below the shore

I found your picture in a soda machine

Oh, it smelled of ruby roses with a hint of gasoline

I found it yesterday

What a terrible mess it made of me

Just a reverie

Goodbye, my dear stranger

I'll miss my unknown savior

209 on old Lee Street

Calling out a name I never knew is something to unsettle you

Smoking on the porch, singing songs in your name

Oh, is this what she wanted? To see a daughter full of pain?

(Daughter full of pain?)

And in the moment I could feel myself shrink (feel myself shrink)

I'll keep my eyes wide open, and I'll try to never blink

Or else I'll miss you again (I'll miss you again)

Leave behind the suffering

With a shot of gin

Goodbye, my dear stranger

I'll miss my unknown savior

209 on old Lee Street

Calling out a name I never knew is something to unsettle you

Calling out your name

Dear stranger, help me through