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Before the Well Runs Dry

from Broken Rebels by John Hewitt

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Before the Well Runs Dry was inspired by the late great John Prine and was written in the early mornings of a cold Alberta March.

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BEFORE THE WELL RUNS DRY

I’m sitting here staring at a clock that died
Twenty long years ago
It’s never done nothing so wrong to me
That I couldn’t get back on my own two feet
I’m sitting here staring at a clock that died
Twenty long years ago

You need love and you need hope
You need to pack yourself enough rope
You’ve got to turn your water into red red wine
And drink it all up before the well runs dry

I’m laying in bed listening to an old dog
Barks twenty six hours a day
Twenty seven twenty eight twenty nine hours
If he keeps it on up he’ll be pushing up flowers
And I’m laying in bed listening to an old dog
Barks 26 hours a day

You need love and you need hope
You need to pack yourself enough rope
You’ve got to turn your water into red red wine
And drink it all up before the well runs dry

Don’t raise a glass for me don’t you sing no funeral dirge
Be mindful of the rumours and the backstreet talk you’ve heard
Cause a man he ain’t worth nothin’ if he ain’t worth his word

I’m sitting here staring at a clock that died
Twenty long years ago
It’s never done nothing so wrong to me
That I couldn’t get back on my own two feet
I’m sitting here staring at a clock that died
Twenty long years ago

You need love and you need hope
You need to pack yourself enough rope
You’ve got to turn that water into red red wine
And drink it all up before the well runs dry

-John Hewitt-

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from Broken Rebels, released May 24, 2023
John Hewitt: Guitars, Bass, Vocals, Tambourine, Organ
Jordan Dempster: Drums
Brendan Lyons: Mastering
Produced by John Hewitt

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John Hewitt Edmonton, Alberta

John Hewitt was born in Northern Ontario. From an early age he took inspirations from the arts to create a bond between expression and emotion. From the Beat Generation to the Beatles, Quentin Tarantino to John Steinbeck all of the images in John's songs have some relation to the giants before him. ... more

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