did you come down for the cool of the water or the preacher that taught you to pray or things left behind like the admirals daughter she was the one who just got away she was the one that just got away i could of told you a long time ago there was nothing but heartache in there you take to the mountains get caught in the snow you grow as hard and as cold as the air you grow as hard and as cold as the air well you d do it again if you had the chance but you know that you don t so you lie you say that you re fine and got eerything you need but you re too old and you re too touch to die you re too old and you re too touch to cry so did you come down for the cool of the water or the preacher that taught you to pray or things left behind like the admirals daughter she was the one who just got away she was the one who just got away