Ann Reed, Dropped Down In The Water, Commencement, 12/16/04

So you think you’re goin’ nowhere
All you do is spin the wheels
Y’know how fillin’ a bathtub
With an eyedropper feels
Sit there almost empty
You forget what it’s about
God dropped you in the water
And the waves roll out

Too acquainted with your insides
Too familiar with the ground
Thinkin’ you’re so nowhere
You can’t even turn around
One step farther than the darkness
And a light begins to grow
Oh those waves go out
They go out even farther than you know

Dropped down in the water
Set down in the sea
You and everything you do
Goes out & on & on & on…

Is there any confirmation
That you have no effect
When you send it out what’s comin’ back
It’s more than you expect
Have faith you make a diff’rence
Go ‘bout your business with no doubt
When you were dropped into the water
The waves rolled out

Helping out your neighbor
Letting someone have your seat
Try to make it,
Never takin’ more than what you need
You don’t need to climb a mountain
‘Cause that’s not what it’s about
God dropped you in the water
The waves roll out

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