Well it's '86 in Albany Friday night about 6:15 Mom and Dad's anniversary and Myrese is at the door 55 And 5 foot nothin' Sweet as pie but bible thumpin Every time we were starting something' she'd come and cut it off She'd say what's in the well comes up in the bucket You can waste time but it don't stop runnin' Seasons change but it won't change nothin' What's in the well comes up in the bucket Well it's '96 in old NC Friends are passing 'round a magazine Stuff my Dad wouldn't let me see so I up and took off Weird at school for a couple days Everybody asked why I ran away I couldn't think of somethin' cool to say to I reached for the same old song I said what's in the well comes up in the bucket You can waste time but it don't stop runnin' Seasons change but it won't change nothin' What's in the well comes up in the bucket We haven't talked since I was 7 But I talked about her my whole life I guess a good enough lesson keeps itself alive What's in the well comes up in the bucket You can waste time but it don't stop runnin' Seasons change but it won't change nothin' What's in the well What's in the well comes up in the bucket You can waste time but it don't stop runnin' Seasons change but it won't change nothin' What's in the well comes up in the bucket Comes up in the bucket yeah