From the recording River of Ballyhoo
Lyrics
Verse 1 & 2
It aches enough to mention
I was feeling fine but the fine is slowly fading
No one comes around, I keep a gaze out the window
Take my medicine, keep pressing on
Up the steps into the thickened mud
Run, walk or crawl, not a good time to give up
Gonna to search undergrowth, reveal/unearth/harrow a reason
Gonna eat my lemons, holler to heaven
Chorus
it’s quiet now, for crying out loud
but I won’t let the heaviness take control
pressing on me, so I may taste and see
the fruit of promise, the root of my extol
Verse 3 & 4
Stand perched, the ground seems really far away
Step off the ledge try to befriend gravity
Been pinioned long enough, and if I hit the ground
Dust off my feathers, climb up again
It rains like the oceans got turned upside down
Been acting like that crazy Pagliacci clown
Going to keep my head, pointed towards the curling sun
eat my lemons, sing out like Evan
Chorus
it’s quiet now, for crying out loud
but I won’t let the heaviness take control
pressing on me, so I may taste and see
the fruit of promise, the root of my extol
KEEP PRESSING ON…