Distant Water Lyrics

It's like you pa*s to me this bitter cup so I can take a sip
And I know that it's likely gonna burn
But never mind the taste of it, I take what I can get
It sure is a hard way to learn

I mean look at how I sip your cup of nasty
Like I'm lucky for a taste to quench my thirst
When love creates an optical illusion
I'm gonna see it just the way it was rehearsed

If I was dying in the desert
I would see shining on the sand
True love, like distant water on dry land

I liked everything about you, except the way you treated me
But that didn't seem to matter much at first
I longed for you to fill me like a wino loves his drink
But every time you filled me with a thirst

If I was dying in the desert
I would see shining on the sand
True love, like distant water on dry land

'Cause I was looking for a goddess who could save me
So I played the worshiping fool
Colder your kindness, the more it convinced me
You're just that cool, ah

Now just look at how I sip your cup of nasty
Like I'm lucky for a taste to quench my thirst
When love creates an optical illusion
I'm gonna see it just the way it was rehearsed

If I was dying in the desert
I would see shining on the sand
True love, like distant water on dry land
True love, like distant water on dry land

David Wilcox - Home Again

Aug 1991

1. Burgundy Heart-Shaped Medalion
2. Farther To Fall
3. (You Were) Going Somewhere
4. Wildberry Pie
5. Let Them In
6. Distant Water
7. Top Of the Roller Coaster
8. Covert Was
9. Advertising Man
10. Last Chance Waltz
11. She's Just Dancing
12. Chet Baker's Unsung Swan Song
13. Mighty Ocean