[Verse ]
I lost you a while ago, still I don't know why
I can't say your name without a crow flying by
Gotta watch my back now that you turned me around
Got me walking backwards into my hometown

[Chorus]
Throw me a rope on the rolling tide
What did you want it to be?
You said it's him or me
The way you made it
That's the way it will be

[Verse 2]
We were seven years on the Burma shore with Gatling guns and paint
Working the lowlands door-to-door, like a Latter-Day Saint
And then you turned me out at the top of the stair
You took all the glory that you just couldn't share

[Verse 3]
I've never been so disabused, I've never been so mad
I've never been served anything that tasted so bad
You might need a friend any day now, any day
Oh, my brother, be careful, you are drifting away

[Chorus]
Throw me a rope on the rolling tide
What did you want it to be?
You said it's him or me
The way you made it
That's the way it will be
[Refrain]
The way you made it
That's the way it will be