Rebekah

On top of a coal tip I was nine years old
Me an my soul mate – talkin’ bout the world
What’d it be like (solo voice) - to let go of it all
So I stood up – scared but I was ready to fall
I took a dare - felt the world give way
I learned a hit hard lesson that day

Sippin’ salt tears as I crawled to the top
Slippin’ and slidin’ from half way up
Thinkin’ I’d never ever get back home (solo voice)
Darkness fallin’ and my friend - she already gone
Scared to get a belt (solo voice)
An he done it too - you know that (and solo … you know that)

I rolled to the bottom bottom
Over and down down
Down to the bottom bottom
All the way down down

OOH (for whole first half of bridge – in unison)
Well I ran all the way home in the darkness
As scared a’ the backstreets as that coalmine mess
Sneakin’ in the back door dust all on ma’ dress
Ma didn’t even notice – she was doin’ her best
AH – (for whole second half of bridge – in harmony)
Her head was gettin’ further from anywhere
It didn’t seem like it sometimes but she really did care
My sisters all tellin’ me where you been at – where
To get dirt in your fingernails an’ dust in your hair

I told ‘em I rolled
Over and down ooohh

OOH (for whole first half of verse – in unison)
A little time ago I remembered that day
The feelin’ came back like the ground givin’ way
Took me by surprise how it got control
How easy it was to give way and roll …
Buckle my knees and stop up my heart
Ooh
Tighten my throat make my eyes water and smart

Early in the morning (solo voice) in my dirty city, cold
Out of her head a child in trouble – she was fifteen years old
Lookin’ down lookin’ down (solo voice)
Over the muddy river water water
Alone an’ hurtin’ no sense in her thoughts, no
Except knowing she couldn’t go back home
Ooh
By sun up she was already gone

She went to the bottom bottom
Under and down down
Down to the bottom bottom
All the way down down

OOH (for whole first half of bridge – in harmony)
She musta’ ran all the way there in the darkness
As scared of her future as that river mess
Lookin’ lost an’ pretty in her dancing dress
Her ma didn’t miss her – she was doin’ her best
AH – (for whole second half of bridge – in harmony)
Family broke up an’ too angry to care
She just way too alone an’ runnin’ scared
They found her on the bank far from anywhere
River mud in her fingernails ‘n dirt in her hair

She went to the bottom bottom
Ooh under and down down
Down to the bottom bottom
Under an’ down down

She went to the bottom down pull me up
Under an’ down down pull me up
Down to the bottom down pull me up
All the way down
Ooh – to the bottom

© Bennett / Coe / Brown
© BV arrangement Devonte/Trail