Mister pull up a chair
I got time for tears
Tell me all the stories that you never did
Of the salty south
The Seminoles held out
While Geronimo died in a lonely jailA thousand tides, and
A thousand waves
Takin' it all awayIt'll come back in
We'll be gone by then
And it's a miracle we ever learned to live
Drain that land
For a better plan
Sugarcane and the civil man
But now the ringin' dead them pines
Planted in that time
We gonna keep on killin' till they get it rightA thousand tides, and
A thousand waves
Takin' it all awayIt'll come back in
We'll be gone by then, oh
And it's a miracle we ever learned to liveI remember the wind
As it was settlin'
And every sun goin' down was a picture then
But we look back at 'em framed
They all look the same
There's no sense of time, no sense of pain
A thousand tides, and
A thousand waves
Takin' it all awayAnd it'll come back in
We'll be gone by then, oh
And it's a miracle we ever learned to give
