Hot August Night

The only I'll get to keep
 Are those lines on my face
 Waves rolling on the shore
 The music they make
 Mermaids doomed by the sea
 Of tears they have cried
 Secrets we once revealed
 The blue of your eyes
 And those hot August nights
 Your voice echoed by the wind
 And how it disappeared
 Hopes we tore limb from limb
 Out of ignorance and fear
 Spirits haunting my dreams
 The turning of the tide
 Truth the fools sometimes speak
 The lures and the lies
 And those hot August nights
 Those mad dogs that were sleeping
 In the corners of your soul
 Woke up and started barking
 As if they knew that it was time to go
 By the pier, sirens howled
 Sailors waved goodbye
 And I never thought I'd lose you
 On that hot August night
 No, I never thought I'd lose you
 On that hot August night
 I sit alone by the fire
 It's raining outside
 The Tennessee River is swollen
 There's peace in my heart
 Everything now is different
 The tears have gone by
 They're flowing with the current
 Under Alabama skies
 No, I never thought I'd lose you
 On that hot August night