The current will rise Much faster Makes it harder to find What I'm after The water's up The waters down And I can't swim When I am lost And you are not Then no one wins Our babies have known No father Makes it harder to call I don't bother Bottle up Bottle down Is how I live The money's gone Just one more song Before I turn in But you won't see me 'Cause I won't be there To help you asleep When you get scared It's the absence You're afraid And the night It approaches but I'm still A state away Scared it's the absence You're afraid I can't erase What the past is It's time to face Circumstances The sun comes up Sun goes down And I begin The days grow long As I trek on And I hate knowing That you won't see me 'Cause I won't be there To help you asleep When you get scared It's the absence You're afraid And the night It approaches but I'm still A state away Scared it's the absence You're afraid of a fight Oh we're surviving but it's still From day to day It's still from day to day It's still from day to day It's nice to come home For a weekend The children have grown How I've missed them As I pull up You walk out And we smile again The grass needs cut Cuddled up Just woman and man