Janis Ian - The Drowning Man Lyrics
He said - grab any stool
Put your belly to the bar
I'm not such a fool
I know who you are
It's been too many years
Have a cup of my tears
They've been watered with wine
I am the drowning man
I am the drowning man
There once was a girl
Every story starts that way
She lit up my world
Like a fireworks display
And the flame drew me near
So I met her with water
And I rained 'til I poured
Now I am the drowning man
I am the drowning man
I'm drowning in jiggers
And I'm drowning in smoke
I'm drowning in rivers
Where the fish gasp and choke
I have drowned my tomorrows
Just to drown out my past
Now I drown all my sorrows
At the bottom of this glass
'Cause I am the drowning man
I am the drowning man
I won't die for money
And I won't die for love
And I won't die for beauty
Or the good Lord above
But I'll die for a dream
Whose heart is engraved
In the rocks and the reefs
Of my watery grave
I am the drowning man
I am the drowning man
Other Lyrics by Artist
- Janis Ian - Welcome To Acousticville
- Janis Ian - No One Else Like You
- Janis Ian - Tenderness
- Janis Ian - Take No Prisoners
- Janis Ian - Ready For The War
- Janis Ian - Breaking Silence
- Janis Ian - Some People's Lives
- Janis Ian - This House
- Janis Ian - Through The Years
- Janis Ian - This Train Still Runs
- Janis Ian - Walking On Sacred Ground
- Janis Ian - His Hands
- Janis Ian - What About The Love
- Janis Ian - Davy
- Janis Ian - When The Silence Falls
- Janis Ian - Hunger
- Janis Ian - Searching For America
- Janis Ian - Getting Over You
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