Black Water Road (Version 6)

[intro] [guitar solo intro] [drum fill intro] [bass guitar intro] [whispered] Black water (black water) road, Walking along the... Black water (black water) road... [guitar riff] [Verse 1] Moonlight’s drowning in the rippling tide, Your name still lingers on the ocean’s sigh. The wind carries whispers, soft and low, Telling stories only the lost ones know. I trace your footsteps in the shifting sand, But the waves erase them with a careless hand. The stars are watching, silent and cold, As I wander alone down this black water road. [guitar riff] [Chorus] Oh, I call your name but the sea won’t bring you back, Every mile feels like a heart turning black. I’m lost in the tide, where the wild winds blow, Still chasing your ghost down this black water road. [guitar solo: slow bends, bluesy wails over deep bass rhythm] [Verse 2] Storm clouds gather where the sky meets the sea, Thunder rolls like the ache inside of me. Salt on my lips, fire in my chest, Your love still lingers, but it gives me no rest. The whiskey burns, but it don’t set me free, It just pulls me deeper where the dark runs deep. Every wave sings the words you once told, Still echoes along this black water road. [guitar riff] [Chorus] Oh, I call your name but the sea won’t bring you back, Every mile feels like a heart turning black. I’m lost in the tide, where the wild winds blow, Still chasing your ghost down this black water road. [guitar solo: fiery licks, building into heavy, emotional sustain] [Bridge] I see your shadow where the water meets the sky, A trick of the moon, a ghost in my mind. But the tide keeps pulling, the past won’t let go, And I keep walking down this black water road. [Final Chorus] Oh, I call your name but the sea won’t bring you back, Every mile feels like a heart turning black. The waves keep crashing, but they don’t let me go, I’ll always be lost on this black water road. [Outro] The wind keeps calling, soft and low, Still chasing your ghost down this black water road… [guitar fades into distant thunder, ending on a soft, lingering note] Every mile feels like a heart turning black. The waves keep crashing, but they don’t let me go, I’ll always be lost on this black water road. [guitar riff] [Final Chorus] Oh, I call your name but the sea won’t bring you back, Every mile feels like a heart turning black. The waves keep crashing, but they don’t let me go, I’ll always be lost on this black water road. [Outro] The wind keeps calling, soft and low, Still chasing your ghost down this black water road… Black water road (black water road), Black water road (black water road) [guitar fades into distant thunder, ending on a soft, lingering note]