Sweet Water

SWEET WATER

WRITTEN BY J.R HILTON

2018

SUCH A LONG ROAD YOU HAD TO TAKE

THEN YOU LOOK BACK

AT THE WAY YOU CAME

AND YOU CLOSE YOUR EYES

IT WASN'T ALL SO SWEET

SOMETIMES IT WAS A FIGHT JUST TO EAT

YOU LOOK UP AT AN ANGRY SKY

YOU KNOW YOU HAD

 SOME OF THAT INSIDE

BUT TIME AND TROUBLE

CAN HAVE A STRANGE EFFECT 

SMOOTH THINGS OVER

WHEN YOU PAUSE TO REFLECT

THE MILES DIVIDED MORE

 THAN JUST THE YEARS IT TOOK

YOU SEE THE MISTAKES

 YOU LEFT BEHIND

WHEN YOU TAKE A SECOND LOOK

SOME THAT WALKED BESIDE YOU

ALONG THE WAY

DROPPED OUT OR FELL BEHIND

YOU SAW YOURSELF THAT

LIFE'S NOT ALWAYS KIND

THE SWEET WATER 

YOU DRANK FROM THE WELL

IT'S NOT SO SWEET ANYMORE

YOU CAN TAKE YOUR GLASS THERE

BUT THERE'S NO ONE LEFT THERE TO POUR

AND IN MY DARKEST HOURS

SOMETIMES SHARED

 OTHER TIMES ALONE

YOU CAN VISIT

 BUT YOU CAN'T GO HOME

THE FURTHER YOU WANDER

THE MORE YOU WONDER HOW AND WHY

FAMILIAR FACES

 COME TO MIND

ALWAYS SOMEONE

 THAT YOU LEFT BEHIND

SOMETIMES LIFE

 CATCHES YOU

LOOKING UP AT THE STARS IN THE SKY

YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT

 YOU'RE LOOKING FOR

BUT STILL YOU HAVE TO TRY

SOMETIMES YESTERDAY

ISN'T SO FARAWAY

CROSSING TIME

 JUST LIKE ANOTHER DAY

YOU CLOSED YOUR EYES 

AND IT SLIPPED AWAY

TOMORROWS CLOSE AT HAND

 JUST A MOON AWAY

ANOTHER CHANCE

TO DO BETTER THAN TODAY

I SAW IT, I LIVED IT

I'VE FELT IT, I'VE HELD IT

I'VE LOST IT, AND SEEN IT FOUND

SPREAD IT AROUND

OH FATE WILL FIND YOU

HAVE IT'S WAY

WHERE WILL IT FIND YOU TODAY