carolina tide

hey girl let's go down

wash our hands

in the carolina tide

let's go down and die

and come back like babies

hey girl let's go down

wash our sins

in the muddy brown wave

wash the world away

and come back again

all these scarlet stains

like the blood red clay

on the knees of our jeans

you can come out righteous

if you want babe

you can come out clean

hey girl drive all night

down to the water

and live like we're alive

let our sleeping die

and roll out of these graves

hey girl the water don't know

the shore don't care

who you were before

we're not them anymore

you know we're not the same

all these scarlet stains

like the blood red clay

on the knees of our jeans

you can come out righteous

if you want babe

you can come out clean

hey girl let's go down

wash our hands

in the carolina tide

let's go down and die

and come back like babies

hey girl let's go down

wash our sins

in the muddy brown wave

wash the world away

and come back again