Standing Water (Album Version)

Standing Water - Soul Asylum
Down from the mountain
Running wild through the trees
A crystal glimmer
Rolling along so effortlessly
Trickled down from the country
But the city sucked it in and spit it out
Now the gravity pulls you
To the curbside now as it's getting light
And it's too soon too fast
And that ain't ever gonna last
Standing water
Standing to close to the sun
With your rainbow runoff
You're like a sitting duck waiting
For the summer rain to come
I was at low-life in the highlands
I was barely living up to the
Standard and demands
I had run out of reasons to
Let myself believe in anything
I wanted to phone home so
Many times but I'm never giving in
You know dreams never die
Woke up in a cold sweat
I was breathing still my
Heart wasn't open yet
Dried out by the hot sun
There's never anywhere to run
Standing water
Standing too close to the sun
With your rainbow runoff
You're like a sitting duck
Waiting for the summer rain to come
There once was a country
With champagne rivers running wide
There was free land flying
Out the door in the middle of the night
And they were pushing every button
They were paving the way to the blight
They were breaking laws
That they made themselves
Dictating what's wrong and what's right
So proud so strong
But that don't mean you're never wrong
It's like standing water
Standing too close to the sun
With your rainbow runoff
You're like a sitting duck
Waiting for the summer rain to come
Standing water
Standing too close to the sun
With your rainbow runoff
You're like a sitting duck
Waiting for the summer rain to come
You're like a sitting duck
Waiting for the summer rain to come