Nine Days - Greensky Bluegrass

I’ve been fishing this river

Four days and three nights

No coffee with breakfast and I don’t feel alright

All this time on my hands and all of my arms

So many we’ve hurt that there’s none left to harm

Take me back up the river to my home

I’ve earned nothing here worthy to save

And I’m tired of pushing my hands

Boat bought by my father I can’t seem to earn

Nothing feels like it’s mine except these bridges I’ve burned

Here I hide all my troubles while I try to keep face

I’m behind my own self, I can’t keep my own pace

Take me back down the road to my home

I’ve earned nothing here worthy to save

And I’m tired of racing myself

Five days to row home, still I’ve nothing to save

It’s all the work that I’ve wasted

That makes me this way

I’m twisting this piece that I took on myself

Only hope for me left is to redefine wealth

Let me back in the house that’s my home

I’ve earned nothing here worthy to save

And I’m tired of making excuses