Drive-By Truckers - When The Well Runs Dry lyrics

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There's a sacrifice you make

There are people along the way

When there's nowhere to run and there's nowhere to stay

And the wheels still move

But won't slow down

Even when you're spinning in the same soft ground

And there's a tear in her eye

Because she's known you too long

And she can't tell the singer from the whorehouse song

When the well runs dry

There's nothing left to say

Just throw up your hands and wail all day

And everything's fair

And you don't like it that way

Something has to die

When the well runs dry

There's a dancer I used to get

By giving her cigarettes

She told me that I hadn't quite hurt enough yet

So I let her do me wrong

But not for very long

Then I put her in the mirror and I put her in a song

When the well runs dry

There's nothing left to say

Throw up your hands and wail all day

And everything's fair

And you don't like it that way

Something has to die

When the well runs dry

Sitting here at the top your will is getting weak

You let my mind get fattened up

Now I'm quiet and I ain't supposed to speak

I'll speak up when I've had enough

A singer we used to know

He let himself go

Played 15 minutes of a sold out show

And everybody laughed

In the aftermath

And he never came back

No he never came back

When the well runs dry

There's nothing left to say

Throw up your hands and wail all day

And everything's fair

And you don't like it that way

Something has to die

When the well runs dry