[Verse 1]
Hey girl, let's go down
Wash our hands in the Carolina tide
Let's go down and die
And come back like babies
Hey girl, let's go down
Wash our sins in the muddy brown wave
Wash the world away
And come back again

[Pre-Chorus]
Oh, oh-oh, oh, oh-oh, oh, oh-oh
Oh, oh-oh, oh, oh-oh, oh, oh-oh

[Chorus]
All these scarlet stains like the blood red clay
On the knees of our jeans
You can come out righteous if you want babe
You can come out clean

[Verse 2]
Hey girl, drive all night
Down to the water and live like we're alive
Let our sleeping die
And roll out of these graves
Hey girl, the water don't know
The shore don't care who you were before
We're not them anymore
You know we're not the same
[Pre-Chorus]
Oh, oh-oh, oh, oh-oh, oh, oh-oh
Oh, oh-oh, oh, oh-oh, oh, oh-oh

[Chorus]
All these scarlet stains like the blood red clay
On the knees of our jeans
You can come out righteous if you want babe
You can come out clean

[Interlude]

[Verse 1]
Hey girl, let's go down
Wash our hands in the Carolina tide
Let's go down and die
And come back like babies
Hey girl, let's go down
Wash our sins in the muddy brown wave
Wash the world away
And come back again