[Verse 1]
Year's been cruel
Yeah, I'm going south
The river's high
And the bridge is out
This nagging doubt
You're all alone
Cannot scrape it out of your bones

[Verse 2]
Something young
Has now grown old
Something warm
Is going cold
When all the doors
Are slamming shut
And all the windows boarded up

[Chorus]
Yeah, I'm going south
It's all I see
Don't like what it's doing to me
It makes you less
Than you should be
I'm going south by slow degrees
[Verse 3]
And another page
That we turn
Another bridge
That we all burn
The safety net
I cannot find
Another shiny ax to grind

[Chorus]
Yeah, I'm going south
It's all I see
Don't like what it's doing to me
It makes you less
Than you should be
I'm going south by slow degrees

[Verse 4]
So I love this life
And I love your part
I love your eyes
Honey, look in my heart
But here is where
It's blown to bits
You say your lines, and I guess that's it
[Chorus]
I'm going south
It's all I see
Don't like what it's doing to me
Makes you less
Than you should be
I'm going south by slow
Going south by slow
Going south by slow