Brendan O'Brien - Keepsake lyrics

It's been 31 years since she's been in your arms But don't worry about mama, mama's got a good heart And I'm not looking for your love, I'm only sniffing out blood Just a little taste of where I came from And at the bottom of this river Is where I put you down to lay so I can live with it And in my hard, hard, heart, there are these waters Where I put you down to lay while I learned to live with it Until I'm free And it's been all my life, I've been wondering on the inside What we could have had here if you had a part in my life And there were children involved and they were brothers to me Even if we never got to meet And at the bottom of this river Is where I put you down to lay so I can live with it And in my heart, heart, heart, there are these waters Where I put you down to lay while I learned to live with it Until I'm free at last from this shadow that hangs Surely you wonder sometimes But I'm sure you won't sympathize Just what a man's to become But just like his daddy has done I just want to love someone who has the same blood, who has the same blood. And at the bottom of this river Is where I put you down to lay so I can live with it And in my hard, hard, heart, there are these waters Where I put you down to lay while I learned to live with it Keepsake, the keepsake 'Till I'm free