CAPO 3
VERSE1
She wasn?t bad
. She wasn?t good. She wa
s just what she was.
She had a thing
makes a man, do th
e things he does
.
She had a way.
A special way, to sp
eak without a word.
I swear to you
, this very day, that
this is how it all oc
curred.
CHORUS
We was:
Throwin rocks in the river, c
ounti
ng ties on the track
Thinking life could not be
better and
living in a shack.
Feeling love for one an
other, deep down
in our bones.
Standing by the w
ater,
throwing rocks n skipping stones.
PLAY
VERSE 2
I was raised,
in New Orleans. She was
born in Jacksonvill
e.
And for a time, to
me it seemed , she made
the world stand still.
CHORUS
T
hrowin rocks in the rive
r, cou
nting ties on the track
Thinking life could not be
better and
living in a shack.
Feeling love for one an
other, deep down
in our bones.
Standing by the w
ater,
throwing rocks n skipping stones.
PLAY
VERSE 3
I came home late and I
caught her, with a ma
n from out of town.
Now I wait b
eside the water for
the flood to take me down
.
CHORUS
T
hrowin rocks in the rive
r, cou
nting ties on the track
Pouring gas on her letter
s and set
ting fire to the shack.
Screaming bloody murder
, leav
ing nothing but the bone
s.
Standing by the w
ater,
throwing rocks n skipping stones.
OUTRO
I am Sta
nding by the water, yeah,
throwing rocks
n skipping stones.