Water Baby

'Cause I was born a water baby Swimming with these times The grooves that turn the grey to sunshine 'Cause I would live through days that break me Swimming with these times The grooves that turn the grey to sunshine I'm still tryna write the story as I see it The trouble is when I say it, they don't believe it The reckon I only say it but I don't mean it I'm tryna tell 'em I'd only say it if I can feel it 'Cause money's tight, maybe tighter than it was before I'm helping out on a mortgage I really can't afford Family breaking north, I cover the trips abroad Shakin', I'm making another loss on another tour But what I done it for? To see my mother in the sun abroad I run into trouble, it was coming for My little brother got the hunger for All the exact same pain That makes the rain my stomach pour So let me paint it broader This for any dude who's got a daughter Living off lines that your papa taught her Ain't got no time to be coming for you Go with the flow of this running water Go with the flow with this Go with the flow with this Go with the flow of this Don't you worry Two leaves won't grow the same And people might forget your name Doesn't matter if they do Don't you hurry When the hot coffee pours will stain And when the Uber left you in the rain Your time will come around to you Despite the stress of spending so much time alone 'Cause this geography is keeping me at home And I don't know the way to go I move with the flow of this running water, this running water 'Cause I was born a water baby Swimming with these times The grooves that turn the grey to sunshine 'Cause I would live through days that break me Swimming with these times The grooves that turn the grey to sunshine Go with the flow of this running water --- Water Baby - Loyle Carner and Tom Misch