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Icewater

by Peter Case

on Peter Case (1986)

All kinds of people want all kinds of things
Some want money and some want diamond rings
I feel in love in with millionaire's daughter
And people in hell all want icewater

Well I asked for her hand and she said go see my pa
I found him in the garden and said "I'll be your son-in-law"
Even showed him the thirty dollar ring that I bought her
He said, "people in hell all want icewater"

Back under her window I pulled out my robe
I said Come on down baby and we'll elope
She climbed-a halfway but her wrists got caught up
Sky was black and it rained icewater

Now the millionaire's daughter and me are living in a shack
Well, I work at mill all day at night she dreams of going back
Well I tried to remember the first time I saw her
And the people in hell all want icewater

Well I tried to remember the first time I saw her
And the people in hell all want icewater

Well I tried to remember the first time I saw her
And the people in hell all want icewater