There is whiskey in the water There is death upon the vine There is fear in the eyes of your father And there is "yours" and there is mine There is a desert veiled in pavement And there's a city of seven hills And all our debris flows to the ocean To meet again, I hope it will How could something so fair be so cruel When this black sun revolved around you There's an answer in a question There is hope within despair There is beauty in a failure And there are depths beyond compare There is a role of a lifetime And there's a song yet to be sung And there's a dumpster in the driveway Of all the plans that came undone How could something so fair be so cruel When this black sun revolved around you There is whiskey in the water There is death upon the vine There is grace within forgiveness But it's so hard for me to find