Lyrics:

Never swam a warm Mississippi
Never thought myself to look pretty
Heard the blues Delta countryside
To keep yourself alive, got to hide what you feel inside

Look at me child, I was born and bred
Kind of mean child, never caught the thread
My daddy was a man used to smile as he counted the dead

He said, Annie get your gun
Got a job, there's work to be done
Was a man, a man who called me son
To keep a love alive, got to hide what you feel inside

A little boy, he came my way
How's about a roll in the hay?
We hit the road, baby at my breast
To keep a life alive, got to know how to take what's best

Look at me child, I was born and raised
Look in my eyes child, can you see they're glazed?
To keep your truth alive, got to hide what you know inside

Never was a man so mean
Never was a shot so clean
Into my heart, I could no longer stand
My daddy was a man only smiled with a gun in his hand

Take my body
Take it to the sea
Little fishes, let 'em feed on me
To keep yourself afloat, gotta tread water carefully
To keep yourself afloat, gotta tread water carefully