Story
I am a member and host of another songwriting community called the East Nashville Song Salon—a weekly gathering where we critique each other’s newly written songs. I sincerely credit my growth as a writer to my membership in “Salon.” At one of our sessions, a fellow writer spoke of a challenge she had taken to write a song that had a total of 20 words or fewer—words could be repeated, but no more than 20. I took on this challenge as my own, and this piece of longing and resignation emerged.
Lyrics
Written by Jesse Correll
© Indigo & Silk Songs 222 (ASCAP)
Send the bucket down, fetch the water
Send the bucket down, fetch the water
Send the bucket down, fetch the water
But, there’s no water
There is no water
There’s no water
Send the bucket down, fetch the water
Send the bucket down, fetch the water
Send the bucket down, fetch the water
But, there’s no water
There is no water
There’s no water
I’m so thirsty
I’m so thirsty
I’m so angry
This well’s gone dry
Send the bucket down, fetch the water
Send the bucket down, fetch the water
Send the bucket down, but there’s no water
There is no water
There’s still no water
There is no water
I’m so thirsty
I’m so thirsty
I’m so lonely
This well’s gone dry
This well’s gone dry