Deeper Well - Emmylou Harris

The sun burned hot, it burned my eyes

Burned so hot I thought I’d died

Thought I’d died and gone to hell

Looking for the water from a deeper well

I went to the river, but the river was dry

I fell to my knees and I looked to the sky

I looked to the sky and the spring rain fell

I saw the water from a deeper well

Well, looking for the water from a deeper well

Well, looking for the water from a deeper well

I was ready for love, I was ready for the money

Ready for the blood and ready for the honey

Ready for the winning, ready for the bell

Looking for the water from a deeper well

I found some love and I found some money

Found that blood would drip from the honey

Found I had a thirst that I could not quell

Looking for the water from a deeper well

Well, looking for the water from a deeper well

Well, looking for the water from a deeper well

Well, I did it for kicks and I did it for hate

I did it for lust and I did it for faith

I did it for need and I did it for love

Addiction stayed on tight like a glove

So I ran with the moon and I ran with the night

And the three of us were a terrible sight

Nipple to the bottle to the gun to the cell

To the bottom of a hole of a deeper well

Well, looking for the water from a deeper well

Well, looking for the water from a deeper well

I rocked with the cradle and I rolled with the rage

I shook those walls and I rattled that cage

I took my trouble down a dead-end trail

Reaching out a hand for a holier grail

Hey there, mama, did you carry that load?

Did you tell your baby about the bend in the road?

About the rebel yell, about the one that fell

Looking for the water from a deeper well

Well, looking for the water from a deeper well

Well, looking for the water from a deeper well