Drive-By Truckers - Country, Americana

When the Well Runs Dry

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Duration: 4:10

There is a sacrifice you make with people along the way When there is nowhere to run and nowhere to stay And the wheels still move, they won't slow down Even when they're spinnin' in the same soft ground There's a tear in her eye 'cause she's known you too long And she can't tell the singer from the wore out song When the well runs dry there's nothing left to say Just throw up your hands and wail all day Everything is fine, you don't like it that way Something has to die when the well runs dry There was a dancer I used to get by giving her cigarettes She told me that I haven't quite hurt enough yet So I let her do me wrong but not for very long And I put her in the mirror and I put her in a song When the well runs dry there's nothing left to say Throw up your hands and wail all day Everything's fine, you don't like it that way And something has to die when the well runs dry Silly little appetite, your will is getting weak You let my mind get fattened up Now I'm quiet when I ain't suppose to speak I speak up when I've had enough A singer we used to know let himself go Played fifteen minutes of a sold out show And everybody laughed in the aftermath And he never came back, no he never came back When the well runs dry there's nothing left to say Throw up your hands and wail all day Everything's fine but you don't like it that way Something has to die when the well runs dry

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Writers: Jason Isbell

When the Well Runs Dry

When the Well Runs Dry

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