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[[Category:Songs]]
[[Category:Sara johnsen (san francisco)]]
[[Media:well.mp3|the well - mp3]]

== Lyrics ==
we went for a walk in the backyard
we went farther than we'd ever gone before
we found a well gone dry with summer
we found a bucket dangling from a thick rope

you climbed inside and i turned the wheel
it creaked and you rode it down into the darkness
before we could stop it the rope's end followed
you said you couldn't see anything down there

i said throw the rope back up to me
but the rope was too frayed to be thrown
i said i would go find another
but you said please don't leave me alone

so i waited for you to climb back
i waited hours and you never emerged
i yelled down you're not really trying
and you said climbing's thirsty work

i poured the milk into the dry well
it grew late and i poured down the wine
we drank our sorrows and toasted shadows
me on the grass and you underground

the sun went down and the stars came up
you climbed back into the bucket and yelled
pour some clean water enough clean water
down and dark to fill up the well

and float me back up to you
and float you back up to me

i poured the water and some tears
i poured every drop that i could see
and you said still this isn't working
but it's deep enough
if you want to jump

== Music ==
===Chords===

A
D
C
G

===Structure===
kinda just A B over and over

== Author's Notes ==
i have been having trouble writing lyrics/songs lately. this is the first thing i've recorded in a month and a half. i finally decided to just write a story and put it to music. not sure if this works, but... breaking the dry spell.

== Comments ==

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	== Comments ==		== Comments ==
		+	the organ sound on this makes my day. good tom fills, too. the melody isn't remarkable, but it really works somehow in its repetitive way. some really good lyrics too. i like "climbing is thirsty work" and of course the twist at the end. [[User:Gabemcelwain\|Gabemcelwain]] 08:43, 9 July 2007 (PDT)

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   so i waited for you to climb back up
-  i waited hours and you never emerged
+  i waited for hours and you never emerged
   i yelled down, "you're not really trying!"
   and you said, "climbing's thirsty work"

@@ Line 12: / Line 12: @@
   you climbed inside and i turned the wheel
   it creaked and you rode it down into the darkness
-  before we could stop it the rope's end followed
+  before we could stop it the rope followed
   you said you couldn't see anything down there
@@ Line 20: / Line 20: @@
   but you said, "please don't leave me alone!"
-  so i waited for you to climb back
+  so i waited for you to climb back up
   i waited hours and you never emerged
   i yelled down, "you're not really trying!"
@@ Line 34: / Line 34: @@
   "pour some clean water, enough clean water,
   down and dark to fill up the well
   and float me back up to you"
   and float you back up to me

@@ Line 15: / Line 15: @@
   you said you couldn't see anything down there
-  i said throw the rope back up to me
+  i said, "throw the rope back up to me"
   but the rope was too frayed to be thrown
   i said i would go find another
-  but you said please don't leave me alone
+  but you said, "please don't leave me alone!"
   so i waited for you to climb back
   i waited hours and you never emerged
-  i yelled down you're not really trying
+  i yelled down, "you're not really trying!"
-  and you said climbing's thirsty work
+  and you said, "climbing's thirsty work"
   i poured the milk into the dry well
@@ Line 32: / Line 32: @@
   the sun went down and the stars came up
   you climbed back into the bucket and yelled
-  pour some clean water enough clean water
+  "pour some clean water, enough clean water,
   down and dark to fill up the well
-  and float me back up to you
+  "and float me back up to you"
   and float you back up to me
   i poured the water and some tears
   i poured every drop that i could see
-  and you said still this isn't working
+  and you said, "still this isn't working,
-  but it's deep enough
+  but it's deep enough,
-  if you want to jump
+  if you want to jump"
 == Music ==

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 [[Category:Songs]]
 [[Category:Sara johnsen (san francisco)]]
 [[Media:well.mp3|the well - mp3]]