Verse 1
Well it’s ’86 in Albany, Friday night bout 6:15
Mom & Dad’s anniversary and Myrese is at the door
Fifty-five & five foot nothin’, sweet as pie, but bible-thumpin’
Everytime we were watchin’ somethin’ she’d come and cut it off
Chorus
She’d say what’s in the well comes up in the bucket
You can waste time but it don’t stop runnin’
Seasons change but it won’t change nothin’
What’s in the well comes up in the bucket
Verse 2
Well it’s ’96 in old NC, friends are passin’ round a magazine
Stuff my Dad wouldn’t let me see so I up & took off
Weird at school for a couple days, everybody asked why I ran away
I couldn’t think of somethin’ cool to say
So I reached for the same old song
Bridge
We haven’t talked since I was seven but
I’ve talked about her my whole life
I guess a good enough lesson keeps itself alive