Turn to the Water - August 3, 2019

Chris Thile's Song of the Week, "Turn to the Water," from our August 3, 2019 show (originally from our March 2 broadcast). The band: Joey Dosik, Madison Cunningham, Mike Elizondo, Chris Eldridge, Alex Hargreaves, and Trevor Lawrence Jr.

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Lyrics:

Out the front door

The melting snow

Would turn our creek into a river

Now from the airplane

I catch a glimpse

Of the Mississippi

And my young self asks me

If we’re doing all right

When the pressure of living

Is too much for the wine

I turn to the water

‘Cause none of our failings

Can worry my mind

To the point where a river can’t soothe me

Out the front door

The melting snow

Would turn our creek into a river

And brave explorers

Could sail the globe

And still be home in time for dinner

Now from the hotel

I hear the song

Of the mighty frozen Mississippi

“Under ice and trouble

We will roll along

Bring me your burdens

For all that you’ve earned them

There are no shoulders broader than mine

When the pressure of living

Is too much for your wine

Turn to my water

‘Cause none of y’all’s failings

Should worry your mind

To the point where this river can’t soothe you”

When the pressure of living

Is too much for the wine

I turn to the water and choose

To believe that no failing

Can worry my mind

To the point where this river can’t soothe me