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Poor Bailey
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Well, the waters can be dangerous
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growing up in these parts.
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Levees made of rebar,
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glass shards and broken hearts.
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The paper mill, the brick kiln,
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the vacant factories,
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once dumped their waste into the river
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ow the water's dirty.
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Well, kids come and go
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some make it some crawl off to die.
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Down on the riverbank
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come in and out with the tide.
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Come settle down darling
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and let me tell you about the time.
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It was just two years ago when I was 17
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I went for a swim late one evening.
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My parents warned me
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ot to go out alone but I went anyway,
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what the hell do they know?
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T'was the night I nearly drowned
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out in old Scagg slough.
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Well, you don't have to listen
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but whatever you do.
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Don't think it can't happen to you.
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The surface seemed calm,
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the current seemed weak.
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As the water got darker
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and the channel got deep.
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The tulle fog rolled in
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and killed the last sight of light.
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As the sun sunk behind the hills
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and the day became night.
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That's when I decided it was time
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I best head for home.
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But just then the current picked up
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and I felt some sort of undertow.
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I had no choice but to go with the flow.
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I thought I better not panic,
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I had better keep my cool.
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Maybe I can wait it out and then
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regain control.
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I'm one hell of a swimmer,
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besides I'm too young to die.
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I'll find a way out further downstream
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if I have to wait all night.
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Little did I know
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I was just adding to the mess.
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But I thought I'd be alright,
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I thought I knew what to expect.
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But nothing could a prepared me
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for what happened next.
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Well I got caught in a whirlpool
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I didn't know what to do.
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Everything started spinning.
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I got all confused.
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As I spun and plundered
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in the depths of my disease.
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Me, my mind, and I
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the worst of enemies.
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It felt just like my life
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was going down the drain.
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Then I hit the bottom
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it was as bad as it could be.
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I sunk into the mud
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left to rest in my misery.
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I thought I was a goner,
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thought I never stood a chance.
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But somehow I escaped
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and made it back to the surface.
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Everything was much clearer
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than it ever was before.
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I splashed around
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and then caught my breath
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and swam back to the shore.
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Two summers have passed
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since that night out in old Scagg slough.
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There's a lot of things I miss
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but one thing I know for sure.
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I ain't going swimming
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out in old Scagg slough no more.
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