Answer:
It flows out of the soil, It burns you if it boils, And holds us in its coils, More valuable than gold, As black as it is old.
You feel this sensation when you are dehydrated.
Rotten trees and Jack-O-Lanterns have this characteristic in common.
What pulls you down and never lets go?
I am the first you ever saw, what greets you every morning and what goes out in the end.
The sun bakes them, The hand breaks them, The foot treads on them, And the mouth tastes them. What are they?