Her Water Mark

[Verse 1]
Check Gate Seven's got a new coat of beige
Over the letters you scratched on this stage.
Every Tuesday since that fall, I drive the ten miles out,
To spill a little beer and run my damn mouth.

[Chorus]
And they're salting the soil where your memory grows,
Puttin' fences where the river's supposed to flow.
But this dust in my throat's got its own kind of claim,
And I'll keep your water clean when they whisper your name.

[Verse 2]
The can sweats a ring on the hot concrete slab,
Cool on my palm for the life that we had.
"She was a quiet one," is what old Hebert said,
Like the wildfire he never saw behind your eyes was dead.

[Chorus]
And they're salting the soil where your memory grows,
Puttin' fences where the river's supposed to flow.
But this dust in my throat's got its own kind of claim,
And I'll keep your water clean when they whisper your name.

[Bridge]
Ni modo. Let 'em paint it, let 'em talk so small.
They're just kicking dust against a concrete wall.
Your name ain't in the letters, it's the current underneath,
That cuts a little deeper every time I breathe.

[Outro]
I'll keep your water clean, mi vida.
Ni modo.