Male Vocal · 3:03
There's a Black Weed Growin' — Male Vocal — Southern Jam-Rock Ballad
Southern Jam-Rock Ballad


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Words by Douglas Heyes Jr. Listen to the recorded versions and follow the lyric below.
Original Doug Heyes lyrics · AI-generated music & vocals
A mysterious black weed growing beside the waterline becomes an image of persistence, memory and an inward change. The narrator follows it through gardens and seasons while promising companionship on an uncertain road. Its final lesson is less about possessing an ideal lover than accepting a real person with kindness.
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3 recordings. Different voices and arrangements bring another side of the song into the light.
Male Vocal · 3:03
Southern Jam-Rock Ballad
Female Vocal · 2:56
Atmospheric Art-Rock
Male Vocal · 3:02
Ska-Rock Reinterpretation
Lyrics
Words by Douglas Heyes Jr
There's a Black Weed growin' Down by the Waterline There's a cool breeze blowin' Where the Water turns to Wine My baby's glowin', and we are feelin' fine There's a Black Weed weed growin' Down by the Waterline Love's the only Melody I'll ever play for you Somewhere inside a memory Where I lay with you Baby, gonna stay with you Till the heavens are on fire Black Weed and an angel choir Take it right down to the wire We are lost together But we will find our way Don't ask about forever And don't forget to pray And if the Fates will just allow Everything we disavow And everywhere we've been Open up and let us in There's a Black Weed weed growin' Down by the Waterline There are flowers on the Water And a bright horizon line The Sun reflected in your eyes And nighttime brings the Moonshine There's a Black Weed weed growin' Down by the Waterline Look around, it's everywhere In the Garden, up the stairs Creeping up the cold, stone walls Cascading like waterfalls Winterspring and Summerfall Long after we've come and gone Down this road we ramble on Travelers from Babylon The Black Weed by the Waterline Keeps growing inside your Mind Till one morning you will find To Love someone is to be kind You must take them as they come Don't mistake them for The One Black Weed's not for everyone Godspeed and another Sun OUTRO: There's no need for the demon seed When all we need is a little Black Weed *********
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