The Gaslight Anthem - Keepsake lyrics

rate me

It's been thirty-one years

Since she's been in your arms

But don't worry about Mama

Mama's got a good heart

And I'm not looking for your love

I'm only sniffing out blood

Just a little taste of where I came from

Chorus:

And at the bottom of this river

Is where I put you down to lay

So I can live with it

And in my heart, heart, heart, heart there are these waters

Where I put you down to lay

While I learn to live with it

Until I'm free

And it's been all my life

I've been wondering on the inside

What we could've had

If you'd had a part in my life

And there were children involved

And they were brothers to me

Even if we never got to meet

Chorus:

And at the bottom of this river

Is where I put you down to lay

So I can live with it

And in my heart there are these waters

Where I put you down to lay

While I learn to live with it

Until I'm

Free at last from this shadow that hangs

Surely you wonder sometimes

And I'm sure you all sympathize

Just what a man's to become, just like his daddy's done

I just want to love someone

Who has the same blood

Chorus:

And at the bottom of this river

Is where I put you down to lay

So I can live with it

And in my heart there are these waters

Where I put you down to lay

While I learn to live with it

Keepsake

Until I'm free