Risin' Tide

from Blackhawk Waltz by Old Arrows

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Well I tried to cross that river, but the water just went up
It's gettin' harder for a man these days to keep himself afloat
When I was young down by those banks I went to ease my troubled mind
But now I'm old and just get caught up in the tide

Well that bridge it crumbled down
My boat burned and ran aground
I got legs but cannot walk across, arms but no oars to row
Friends ain't no sense in askin' why when those hard luck days is nigh
'Cause I still get caught up in that risin' tide

In the tide
In the tide
I still get caught up in that risin' tide
Yes I struggle day and night
Yeah I struggle to get right
but I still get caught up in that risin' tide

Well its shameful and its sad
A broken down and burdened man
Can't depend upon his brethren to lend a helping hand
On the streets they pass him by, and they turn away their eye
from the man whose caught up in that risin' tide

In the tide
In the tide
We still get caught up in that risin' tide
Well we swim with all our might
Though our load may not be light
but we still get caught up in that risin' tide

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from Blackhawk Waltz, track released December 9, 2011

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