Song · CM-001
The Water Was Cold
A man is baptized in a creek at forty-one, in October, with a deacon on one arm and a plumber on the other, and tells what it was really like: cold water, leaves going by, and four hands that would not turn loose.
- Artist
- Tin Roof Testimony
- Release
- The Long Way Home
- Released
- Length
- 2:48
- Label
- Cedar & Mercy Records
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Scripture
Lyrics
Chorus
The water was cold, I mean the water was cold
Two men had me by the arms
They laid me back like you'd bury a man
And stood me up to start again
Verse 1
Forty-one years old in October
Sock feet on the creek rocks
A deacon on my left, a plumber on my right
Preacher asked me did I believe
I said yes sir, loud as I could
Chorus
The water was cold, I mean the water was cold
Two men had me by the arms
They laid me back like you'd bury a man
And stood me up to start again
Verse 2
Came up coughing, creek in my nose
Somebody's grandmother had a beach towel
My teeth were knocking, I couldn't talk
Twenty people clapping on the bank
My little girl was one of them
Bridge
I figured I'd see a light or something
I saw leaves going by on the water
I felt four hands that wouldn't turn loose
That was enough. That was plenty.
Final Chorus
The water was cold, I mean the water was cold
Two men had me by the arms
They laid me back like you'd bury a man
And stood me up, and I walked out
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