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Gripping Onto Water

from Honeysuckle Summer by Charles Ellsworth

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lyrics

Empty glass arguments
and Little League games,
Are all I can remember from my Father’s days.
Don’t let him see the tears when you’re thrown out at 3rd
because boys don’t cry,
they get angry first.

Was it fear or was it love
that shook me down to my core?
When My Father said “Son, you know it hurts me more.”
A child of a child trying to raise a man
Build emotional walls, rule with an iron hand.

I guess somewhere we learn
that life is suffering.
Surprised after all this time
he’s still playing the games.
Praying in the evening
Trying to lower the cost
Feels like gripping onto water, grabbing what’s been lost.
Gripping onto water, grabbing what’s been lost.
Gripping onto water, grabbing what’s been lost.
We’re just gripping onto water, grabbing what’s been lost.

I come down from my hills
when I got laid off,
They sold the mill off for parts
and the whole town lost.
To men who line their pockets
with the dreams they kill
Undertaker’s making millions off of fentanyl.

I found myself some work
on a factory floor
Building overpriced garbage
for the marketing wars.
Nothing meant to last
only to get broken down,
But we drink beer at lunch when the boss is out of town.

I guess somewhere we learn
that work is suffering.
Surprised after all this time
that we’re still clocking in.
Drinking on the weekends
Trying to deal with it all
Feels like gripping onto water, grabbing at what’s been lost.
Gripping onto water, grabbing what’s been lost.
Gripping onto water, grabbing what’s been lost.
We’re just gripping onto water, grabbing what’s been lost.

I could tell that she weren’t from around here, she smells like rain.
Every time she comes to town, I swear it’s pouring again.
She’s a child of the sea and she’s seen some rough waters,
her momma’s only daughter,
always talking on the phone.

I loved her like some truth I had stumbled on.
I tried to squeeze it like the moisture from a desert stone.
That monolithic beauty formed in prehistoric times,
Immune to my affections and my clever rhymes.

I guess somewhere we learn that Love is suffering.
Surprised after all this time that I’m still playing her games.
Pacing in the evening, wondering if she’ll ever call
Feels like gripping onto water, grabbing what’s been lost.
Gripping onto water, grabbing what’s been lost.
Gripping onto water, grabbing what’s been lost.
We’re just gripping onto water, grabbing what’s been lost.

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from Honeysuckle Summer, released March 5, 2021

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Charles Ellsworth Brooklyn, New York

Born and raised in the White Mountains of Arizona, Charles Ellsworth first gained an appreciation for a simple, not so distant past. His vivid lyrics and near-familiar melodies weave to tell stories of heartbreak and loneliness while shining a light on the perseverance of the human spirit. ... more

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