From the recording Alert the Band... Here Comes Dali Pigeon
The epidemic of parent/child estrangement has touched many lives and we have personal experience with this phenomenon. We wanted this song to reflect the joy and exuberance in country music that often accompanies the saddest lyrics.
Lyrics
VERSE 1
When you were a kid
There’s a game that we’d play
About a troll ‘neath the bridge
Who’d scare you away
You’d think of a trick
To fool that gnome
And we’d cross real quick
For the safety of home
CHORUS
Now you’ve burned all your bridges
And there’s no road back in
You might need a boat
Or you may need to swim
But those trolls in your mind
Keep you frozen in time
Oh, prodigal daughter
It’s all just water
Under the dam
Find your way home
Any way you can
VERSE 2
You ghosted your family
You didn’t explain
You changed your address
You changed your name
You rewrote your history
And erased the past
But there are some things
That will always last
CHORUS
Now you’ve burned all your bridges
And there’s no road back in
You might need a boat
Or you may need to swim
But those trolls in your mind
Keep you frozen in time
Oh, prodigal daughter
It’s all just water
Under the dam
Find your way home
Any way you can
VERSE 3
I promised I’d find you
If you ever got lost
And search like Demeter
Whatever the cost
Now I know what is true
Though a well-worn cliché
There’s nothing to do
You must find your own way
You must find your own way
HALF CHORUS
Oh, prodigal daughter
It’s all just water
Under the dam
Find your way home
Any way you can