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Pay the Waterbill

from Snow on the Waves by Meghan Hayes

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lyrics

Will you save the baby when the bath water’s gone?
Will you leave it all to me?
Will you be the one to blow the candles out?
Will you shine the silver ‘til it’s free?

Oh, City, well you used to be so pretty
And you turned some heads in your day
Oh, City, well you used to be so pretty
The summer ain’t gone yet, sugar, so what do you say?

You be the one to pass the beer around
I might just pick up the tab
If you’ll be the one to wear the neon lights
I’ll be the one to hail the cab

Oh, City, well you used to be so pretty
And I heard it said that you could dance
Oh, City, well you used to be so pretty
Come on, darlin’, gimme half a chance

You be the one with the fancy feet
I’ll be the one to just act shy
You’ll know everybody everywhere we meet
I’ll promise never to lie

Oh, City, well we used to be so pretty
And I wrote your name up in the sky
Oh, City, well you used to be so pretty
‘Til I wrote the letters that made you cry

And you tore them up, and you burnt them up, and you put the ashes in a cup
And you sent them down the River Wye
Well you broke my heart, split it right apart, put what was left in a cart
And you trashed it all at Eighth and Vine

Now you’re the one to turn the page
I’ll be the one to hold my breath.
You’re at the start and end of every age
I only wish you’d take me with.
You’ll be the one to pay the waterbill,
I’ll be the one to leave.
If you’ll be the one to make the world stand still,
I’ll be the one to grieve.

Oh, City, well we used to be so pretty
But that was in your halcyon days.
Oh, City, well you used to be so pretty,
But it’s getting hard to tell the roots from the grays
And the roofs from the graves
And the roots from the grays
And the roofs from the graves.

credits

from Snow on the Waves, released January 1, 2000
Meghan Hayes: guitar, vocals, claves
David McKittrick: acoustic and slide guitars
Tim Smith: bass
Rich Hayes: drums, percussion

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Meghan Hayes Nashville, Tennessee

Meghan Hayes is a singer-songwriter, Nurse Practitioner and landscape designer living in Nashville, TN. Her most recent record, Seen Enough Leavers, is a bruising post-divorce document of pain, anxiety and loss, that has been lauded as “one of the best Americana albums in recent history.” Hayes is currently interviewing producers for her next record. ... more

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