High Water

Keep your head above high water, lay your burden down.
Don't look back or the levee will crack and you will surely drown.
Don't let your mind get compromised by saying what you don't know.
The storm may rise, but the boat will float so just set your sights and row.

Lucky was a miner, he had a heart of polished steel.
He broke his back on a big old jack but he never ever broke a deal.
They fired him on a Friday, but on Monday back to work.
He was pounding tin when the mine caved in and not digging down in the dirt.

So keep your head above high water, lay your burden down.
Don't look back or the levee will crack and you will surely drown.
Don't let your mind get compromised by saying what you don't know.
The storm may rise, but the boat will float so just set your sights and row.

John Henry threw a hammer and he hammered all his life.
He beat that drill, drank his fill and laid right down and died.
All the freights still run today, but a man can't ride it seems
that blood and sweat was a better bet than money and machines.

So keep your head above high water, lay your burden down.
Don't look back or the levee will crack and you will surely drown.
Don't let your mind get compromised by saying what you don't know.
The storm may rise, but the boat will float so just set your sights and row.

Keep your head above high water, lay your burden down.
Don't look back or the levee will crack and you will surely drown.
Don't let your mind get compromised by saying what you don't know.
The storm may rise, but the boat will float so just set your sights and row.