IRENE<\/p>\n
HALF A DAY\u2019S DRIVE DOWN THE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY
\nTHERE\u2019S A DAM MY HUSBAND WORKED ON TWENTY YEARS AGO
\nWE\u2019D PACK THE TRUCK AND HEAD THERE ONCE IN A WHILE
\nWE\u2019D GO ON DOWN TO SEE IT
\nHE\u2019D TAKE ME BY THE HAND AND HE’D SAY<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019M YOUR RIVER, YOU\u2019RE MY DAM
\nI\u2019M NATURE WILD
\nYOU\u2019RE NATURE, PLANNED
\nYOU HELP ME FLOW\u201d<\/p>\n
EVERY MAN\u2019S A MIGHTY RIVER
\nROLLING, ROLLING
\nAND AS HE ROLLS THE PRESSURE GROWS
\nWHEN THE WATER GETS TOO HIGH
\nIT STARTS TO OVERFLOW
\nWITH NO ONE TO DIRECT IT
\nIT\u2019S GOT NOWHERE TO GO–
\nTHE DAM\u2019S GONNA BLOW<\/p>\n
A MAN ALONE — HE\u2019S MISSING PART OF HIS SOUL
\nHE CAN WALK AND TALK AND EAT AND BREATHE BUT WHOLE? NO.
\nHE NEEDS A BETTER HALF TO BETTER HIS PATH
\nTO WALK HIM THROUGH THE HARD TIMES
\nTO TAKE HIM BY THE HAND AND WHISPER<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019M YOUR WOMAN, YOU\u2019RE MY MAN
\nWHEN YOU SAY NOTHING \u2013 I UNDERSTAND
\nI\u2019LL HELP YOU FLOW\u201d<\/p>\n
EVERY MAN\u2019S A MIGHTY RIVER
\nROLLING, ROLLING
\nAND AS HE ROLLS THE PRESSURE GROWS
\nWHEN THE WATER GETS TOO HIGH
\nIT STARTS TO OVERFLOW
\nWITH NO ONE TO DIRECT IT
\nIT\u2019S GOT NOWHERE TO GO–
\nTHE DAM\u2019S GONNA BLOW<\/p>\n
AND WHEN IT GOES
\nSTAY AWAY FROM THE FLOODPLAIN
\nTRY NOT TO BE DOWNSTREAM
\nOR YOU\u2019RE DROWNING<\/p>\n
MY HUSBAND PASSED ON JUST A YEAR AGO FALL
\nHE HELD ON FOR AWHILE AND THEN HE LET GO
\nSOMETIMES I WAKE AT NIGHT AND I REACH FOR HIS ARM
\nTHOSE NIGHTS ARE THE HARDEST
\nI WHISPER TO THE DARKNESS, I SAY:<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019M YOUR WOMAN, YOU\u2019RE MY MAN
\nYOU\u2019RE MY RIVER, I\u2019M YOUR DAM
\nI\u2019LL HELP YOU FLOW\u201d\u2014
\nTHE DAM\u2019S GONNA BLOW
\nTHE DAM\u2019S GONNA BLOW<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Dam IRENE HALF A DAY\u2019S DRIVE DOWN THE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY THERE\u2019S A DAM MY HUSBAND WORKED ON TWENTY YEARS AGO WE\u2019D PACK THE TRUCK AND HEAD THERE ONCE IN A WHILE WE\u2019D GO ON DOWN TO SEE IT HE\u2019D…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":12,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"yoast_head":"\n