Lyrics:

(Strange things happening in the land
Strange things happening in the land
Wars going on. Hold our heart to mourn
Strange things happening in the land.)

Wild and wasted waters
(Strange things happening)
Wild and wasted waters
(Wars going on.)
Wild and wasted waters
(Strange things happening.)
Have come to carry me, carry me on

Carry me on, my mother's prayers
Carry me on, my mother's prayers
Dark waters have come to carry my cares
So take me on my mother's prayers

Don't you leave no candle to burn
Don't leave no candle, to burn
I leave with the waves, 'neath the stern
Don't you leave no candle to burn

Wild and wasted waters
Wild and wasted waters
Wild and wasted waters
Have come to carry me on

I'll leave with the evening on my breath
I'll leave with the evening on my breath
You'll find my letters when I've left
I'm gonna leave. The evening on my breath

I won't remember the fires of home
Won't remember the fires of my home
My homeless bones churn them ragged stones
I won't remember fires of my home

Wild and wasted waters
Wild and wasted waters
Wild and wasted waters
Have come to carry me on

May the sickness of my heart be told
May the sickness of my heart be told
Let it bleed out in the coffee shop and stagger in the road
May the sickness of my heart be told

Wild and wasted water
Wild and wasted water
Wild and wasted water
Have come to carry me -

Carry me on, carry me on
Carry me - yes, on