Hiss Golden Messenger
Hiss Golden Messenger
Hiss Golden Messenger
Hiss Golden Messenger
Hiss Golden Messenger
Hiss Golden Messenger
Hiss Golden Messenger
Hiss Golden Messenger
Hiss Golden Messenger
Hiss Golden Messenger
M.C. Taylor says:
“This song came from a minute long groove that we played in a rehearsal space many years ago that I’ve been trying to recreate ever since. There’s something of Blind Willie Johnson’s “God Moves on the Water” here. But this: “I was tired of the whip. Don’t you get it? Don’t let it i...
[Intro]
One, two‚ three‚ four
[Verse 1]
I saw the spirit on the water
And I rolled with it
I caught that spirit on the water
And I moved with it
I saw that spirit on the water
And I danced with it
That's that spirit on the water
I can't stop chasing it
[Chorus]
I was tired of the whip
Don't you get it?
Don't let it in
It'll change ya
Tired of the chains
Seem to bind us
Link by link
Yard by yard
God‚ my child
Don't be so hard
[Verse 2]
I saw that spirit on the water
You know I moved with it
I saw that spirit on the water
I made my peace with it
I saw that spirit on the water
And I raced with it
That's that spirit on the water
I can't stop chasing it
[Chorus]
I was tired of the whip
Don't you get it?
Don't let it in
It'll change ya
Tired of the chains
Seem to bind us
Link by link
Yard by yard
Child by child
Don't be so hard
Whip was written by M.C. Taylor.
Whip was produced by M.C. Taylor & Brad Cook.
Hiss Golden Messenger released Whip on Fri Sep 20 2019.