Blood on the Strings

Woah, the levy done break now And that bottle's gone straight down And that river runs deep, the mountains get steep And them voices getting too loud All these feelings I’ve buried Is looking like a cemetery They're coming back from the grave, calling out my name Better say a Hail Mary You don’t know how deep it goes Until it's killing you slowly So you got to let it go I got blood, blood on the strings Blood, blood on the strings Blood, blood on the strings Been playing 'till my fingers done bleed Got blood, blood on the strings Blood, blood on the strings Blood, blood on the strings Lord knows it's been a rough week Yeah, Im channeling my Son House 'Cause I gotta let these blues out So I reach for the axe, make her holler back Oo Lord, I'm feeling good now Yeah I'm pounding on them steel strings And it's looking like a crime scene Well, my fingers gone numb, look at all of this blood You better call the police You don’t know how deep it goes Until its killing you slowly So you got to let it go I got blood, blood on the strings Blood, blood on the strings Blood, blood on the strings Been playing 'till my fingers done bleed Got blood, blood on the strings Blood, blood on the strings Blood, blood on the strings Lord knows it's been a rough week I lay my pain down and you hear my cry I confess to you all of my lies You have always been there by my side So for you I make this sacrifice Got blood, blood on the strings Blood, blood on the strings Blood, blood on the strings I been playing 'till my fingers done bleed Got blood, blood on the strings Blood, blood on the strings Got blood Oh, only Lord knows Blood, blood on the strings Blood, blood on the strings Blood, blood on the strings I got blood on the strings Got blood, oh only Lord knows I got blood I got blood, blood, blood Blood on the --- Blood on the Strings - Amanda Lee Peers