I come from down in the valley
Where mister when you're young
They bring you up to do like your daddy done
Me and Mary we met in high school
When she was just seventeen
We'd drive out of this valley down to where the fields were greenWe'd go down to the river
And into the river we'd dive
Oh down to the river we'd ride
Then I got Mary pregnant
And man that was all she wrote
And for my nineteenth birthday I got a union card and a wedding coat
We went down to the courthouse
And the judge put it all to rest
No wedding day smiles, no walk down the aisle
No flowers, no wedding dress
That night we went down to the river
And into the river we'd dive
Oh down to the river we did ride
I got a job working construction for the Johnstown Company
But lately there ain't been much work on account of the economy
Now all them things that seemed so important
Well mister they vanished right into the air
Now I just act like I don't remember
Mary acts like she don't care
But I remember us riding in my brother's car
Her body tan and wet down at the reservoir
At night on them banks I'd lie awake
And pull her close just to feel each breath she'd take
Now those memories come back to haunt me
They haunt me like a curse
Is a dream a lie if it don't come true
Or is it something worse,
That sends me down to the river
Though I know the river is dry
That sends me down to theriver tonight
Down to the river
My baby and I
You are my river keep on flowing through
You are my river keep on flowing through
Filling my life with all of you
You are the freedom I've been searching for
You are the freedom I've been searching for
That's why I love you just for who you are?
Oh, how I love you just for who you are?
There will be hard times, everyone must go through
Testing his love just to see if it's true
But the hard times will come but they all pass away
I have seen the light in my life today
That's why I love you just for who you are?
You are my river, keep on flowing
You are my river, keep on flowing
You are my river
Oh yeah, keep on flowing
Would you keep on flowing?
River, flowing river
Just just keep on flowing
Just just keep on flowing
River, rising to hide
Across the midnight
Wanderin westward by daylight
Take us and lead us to tomorrow
As fast as you come and can flow
River, you're windin
An unending rhythm
The sooner keep
Movin to warn him
The spirit that keeps
Us from sinking
Guide us from going astray
Point us a way
To a shoreline ahead
Through the mist and the fog
Of this valley of death
Too many years we have
Walked in a sleep
Now were awaken and ready fo flee
River, we hitchhikers
Beggin for mercy
Survive us from yesterdays curses
Don't damn us
Before you receive us
Were needin your face
It was a purple purple sky in an orange orange room
And everyone was whistlen the same damn tune
Except bryan, bryan starred out across the field
And watched the horizon blossum the copper feel
Over the edge of the world the one they're all afriad to walk
Ration out for why their so high on the small talk
But bryan knows where the crows all go
To find the ifs and the ands and the buts and all sos
If i can run through the woods and speed like the light
I'd find the answers to why and be back by tonight
If i could fly through the fog and look at this rock
I'd figure out how to keep hell off of my block
But as it stands i stay content
Tryin to be the magic man and pay my rent
And wishin that bryan would turn me on
To the secrets he sought
While we keep burnin the dawn just to keep the day hot
If i could ask you one question I'd ask where you went
You could teach me a lesson everytime i got bent
But the alcohol don't make me forget about it all
Doesnt't't't matter the season the leaves can still fall
They slipt hidden messages within the cards that were delt
I understand myself and all the sorrow i felt
For as simple as i am how'd it get so complex
Got me studyin the margins and disregardin the text
I open the curtins and listen to the traffic go
But i still get nervous each time a piece passes go
The resado is thick and the memory fails
I still laugh because the path feels a lot like a trail
If i can run through the woods and speed like the light
I'd find the answers to why and be back by tonight
If i could fly through the fog and look at this rock
I'd figure out how to keep hell off of my block
But as it stands i stay content
Tryin to be the magic man and pay my rent
And wishin that bryan would turn me on
To the secrets he sought
While we keep burnin the dawn just to keep the day hot
We used to be a couple of pimps walking the hallways with pride
Drunk or sober life was nothin short a roller coaster ride
Trips to the clubs now lets go to the rythm
All we wanted out of life was what was given
And when you passed i wanted to take back the time we wasted
Id trade all the buzzes in for one more conversation
We could sit in the shade and discuss the meaning of sacred
Cuz i can't see the garden no more just the avons?
But the wind still blows
And the plants still grow
And i wish your name was on the guest list at my shows
I gotta believe that you can see me run out of my freedom
Cuz you got to meet the sun before you got to meet my son
And when i see lightning feels like my buzz hightning
Everytime i feel the sun i can smell the love
Adn when i smell the air i can hear a child trying
But everytime i hear a river i i think the mother crying
And when i see lightning feels like my buzz hightning
Everytime i feel the sun i can smell the love
Adn when i smell the air i can hear a child trying
But everytime i hear a river i i think the mother crying
Everytime i think of you i know your laughter
You know a dream is like a river
Ever changin' as it flows
And a dreamer's just a vessel
That must follow where it goes
Trying to learn from what's behind you
And never knowing what's in store
Makes each day a constant battle
Just to stay between the shores...and
I will sail my vessel
'Til the river runs dry
Like a bird upon the wind
These waters are my sky
I'll never reach my destination
If I never try
So I will sail my vessel
'Til the river runs dry
Too many times we stand aside
And let the waters slip away
'Til what we put off 'til tomorrow
Has now become today
So don't you sit upon the shoreline
And say you're satisfied
Choose to chance the rapids
And dare to dance the tide...yes
I will sail my vessel
'Til the river runs dry
Like a bird upon the wind
These waters are my sky
I'll never reach my destination
If I never try
So I will sail my vessel
'Til the river runs dry
There's bound to be rough waters
And I know I'll take some falls
But with the good Lord as my captain
I can make it through them all...yes
I will sail my vessel
'Til the river runs dry
Like a bird upon the wind
These waters are my sky
I'll never reach my destination
If I never try
So I will sail my vessel
'Til the river runs dry
Yes, I will sail my vessel
'Til the river runs dry
Love takes time we all agree
And time's not the easiest to cheat
The water changes one degree
When will the shiver of this river turn to sea
The river does no good, no harm
Tempts us like pirates to it's calm
A lover's shanty, devil's psalm
Goddamn this river and it's shiver and it's charm
If you've got love's A to Z
Don't go dredging river bed
Use your fins and use your head
This river's hooked the floating dead
Our lives go bounding down the stream
When will we realise minnow dreams?
The frustration eating you and me
Our only wish to be the fish that meets the sea
We cannot tell a he or she
But us fish can tell a we
We know the seed we know the tree
When will my conker conquer thee?
If you've got love's A to Z
Don't go dredging river bed
Use your fins and use your head
This river's hooked the floating dead
The cheaper woman and myself
We've both got ladders in our tights
When you've been left on the top shelf
You've got those ladders in your sights
If you've got love's A to Z
Don't go dredging river bed
Use your fins and use your head
This river's hooked the floating dead
The cheaper woman and myself
We've both got ladders in our tights
When you've been left on the top shelf
You've got those ladders in your sights
You've got those ladders in your sights
You've got those ladders in your sights
You've got those ladders in your sights
And he dances every night
Framed in candles
And white white light
All is revealed
When all is too bright
You're such a pleasure
A wonderful pain
Makes me never want
To love again
But sorrow always comes
To those with fickle fame
And the tears are gonna come
The tears are gonna come
We are consumed by corruption
Old before our time
Hurt by others' hunger
Scarred by love as greed (how I need)
How cruel the birthday of 17
Youth behind you
The long years ahead
Showing you what you might have been
Instead of drifting, drifting, drifting
And the tears are gonna come
The tears are gonna come
Foundations crumble
Walls subside
We all break apart
When there's heartache inside
Hold back those years
Those tears
With a futile pride (we're gonna come clean)
Beware of love
And of dark-eyed men
They're sweet and they're tender
But they have no hearts
Just long smashed
Cruel shards of broken glass
And the tears are gonna come
The tears are gonna come
And all those songs
That made me cry
Keep flooding back
And years of new discovery and you
Disturbing my dreams
Now we're flowing down that river
Heading for the delta
I don't know which way to flow
But my heart's a forest fire
And yours a field of snow
I don't know which way to flow
Don't know which way
Don't know which way
and they came to the river
and they came to the road
and he wanted the sun
just to call his own
and they walked on the dirt
and they walked from the road
'til they came to the river
'til they came up close
Throw your pain in the river
To be washed away slow
and we walked without words
and we walked with our lives
two silent birds
circled by
Like our pain in the river
and we followed the river
and we followed the road
and we walked through this land
and we called it home
but he wanted the sun
and I wanted the whole
and the while light scatters
and the sun sets low
=========
When I speak the words I repeat
Are lost within this roaring
And when I call your eyes turn to me
But what are they exploring ?
Hidden shapes that pass fast away
Upon the waters streaming
And what I see I just cannot say
There is no one to heed me
I could say that I am sorry
But what forgiveness lies before me ?
In the river
Those who know me know all too well
All my sins and failings
But brother dear, how could I tell ?
The course that I was sailing
In the flood, before my eyes
I see the face that I despise
In the river
It's mine, it's mine
Drifting far away
I can see you'rte not very strong
As the current sweeps you past me
Ans I can see your head going down
As helpless your cries find me
"Help me ! Save me ! Lend me a hand !
Pull me out ! Pull me out !
Save me ! Save me ! Give me your hand !
Pull me out ! Pull me out !"
I would save you, give my life
But it's already sacrificed
To the river
It's gone, it's gone
Drifitng far away
Mothers tell your children the truth
Don't hide the fate that's waiting
When you're born you start to drown
There's no help, no safety
First a gift of love is given
Then the winds rise, the sails are riven
I was born by a river
Rolling past a town
Given no direction
Just told to keep my head down.
As I took my position
A man fired a gun
I was so steeped in tradition
That I could not run.
I was raised by a river
Weaned upon the sky
And in the mirror of the waters
I saw myself learn to cry.
As my tears hit the surface
I saw what had been done.
I gave feet to my freedom
And I did run.
Someday later
I saw the writing in the dust
It told me how I should travel
It told me who I was.
I ran far from the river
Far as I could see
And as the sun hit my shoulders
I felt it burning me.
How I longed for the waters
As the fire raged
How I longed for the river
As I aged.
I will die by a river
As it rolls away
Bury me in the nighttime
Do not waste the day.
High above the waters
That roll on to the sea.
All the angels in heaven will
laugh at me.
They will laugh at me.
My life was naught but a river
Rolling through my brain
Made of so many teardrops
God's passion is an endless riverÂ
White water running wildÂ
In a restless rushing furyÂ
To see souls reconciled.Â
It reaches wide across foreverÂ
It's dangerous and deepÂ
And while some venture to the shorelineÂ
Some even dare to leapÂ
Chorus:Â
And The River rages, The River runsÂ
All through the ages, Long after I'm goneÂ
There's a truth I'm finding I can't ignoreÂ
Whether I dive in or stand on the shoreÂ
The River keeps rushing on.Â
All of those who ride the rapidsÂ
Have a message they must tellÂ
There's a joy in being lost in somethingÂ
That's bigger than yourselfÂ
And though the current takes you placesÂ
Where you learn to lose controlÂ
If you think you're going underÂ
He'll never let you go, never let you goÂ
ChorusÂ
Love takes time we all agree
and time's not the easiest to cheat
The water changes one degree
When will the shiver
of this river
turn to sea
The river does no good, no harm
Tempts us like pirates to its calm
Lover's shanty, devil's psalm
Goddamn this river
and its shiver
and its charm
If you've got love's A to Z
Don't go dredging river bed
Use your fins and use your head
This river's hooked the floating dead
Our lives go bounding down the strewn
When will we realise minnow dreams
The frustration eating you and me
Our only wish
to be the fish
that meets the sea
We cannot tell a he or she
But us fish can tell a we
We know the seed we know the tree
When will my conker
conquer thee
The cheaper woman and myself
We've both got ladders in our tights
When you've been left on the top shelf
You've got those ladders in your sights
The river flows from the depths of my soul
Save your son from harm and danger
It's killing me, still I've gotta let him go
Trust in You cause You're not a stranger
You are a spark, Misses joy
Now save my innocent boy
I'll leave forever in your cradle
I'm talking to ya river
I know you're able to deliver
Won't you take him with ya river
Take care of him
That's my heart, my heart
Familiar friend it's your hand that he's in
Carry him with blessed assurance
Don't let him go til you know that he's safe
I pray to God the Father for amazing grace
I gave you all that I've got now save him
Now save him from Pharaoh's plot
Of killin' each child who's born a man
I'm talking to ya river
You're able to deliver
Won't you take him with you river
Take care of him; that's my heart, my heart
Now that I put him in the water
I pray for you to do what you've got to do
With my son, yeah
Let him go, let him go
I'm talking to ya river
I know you're able to deliver
Won't you take him with you river
Take care of him
Take care of him, my baby
I'm talking to ya river
I know you're able to deliver
Won't you take him with you river
How could I let my little boy go
Let him go, let him go
Lose your way and we can stay out all night
Lose your keys and we can't go home
In a little time, in a little gin
We can touch hands again
Lose your head, lose your warhead
Wrote a song for a room I left long ago
It was my home, it was my hell
Now the girl that lives there
She's an exotic, a drunk
Leaves her clothes off when it rains
Run to the river, she carry me, she run me
All the way down to the floor where it's warm
And dirty like a river, dirty like a river
My whole hell, carry me, no, run me
All the way down to the river
All I want is to be worthy of my hands
But she's got plans, dirty like a river
You can't run me down, you can't run me down
Run me down
It came without warning
A love like I ain't never felt before
She's like my destiny calling
And she's lying there all naked on the floor
And suddenly, out of the blue she's singin'...
Oh babe, let my lovin' ease your pain
Bring your burning skin to my river once again
I'll give you life
Oh baby, let my lovin' ease your pain tonight
She came without warning
like an angel come from heaven in the night (in the night)
the kiss makes me tremble
so she pulls me close and holds me oh so tight.
And suddenly, out of the blue she's singin'...
Oh babe, let my lovin' ease your pain
Bring your burning skin to my river once again
I'll give you life
Oh baby, let my lovin' ease your pain
I give you life
(ooohhh)
I'll give you life, baby
(oooh)
I'll give you love
Oh babe, let my lovin' ease your pain
Bring your burning skin to my river once again
I'll give you life
Oh baby, let my lovin' ease your pain
Oh babe, let my lovin' ease your pain
Bring your burning skin to my river once again
I'll give you life
Oh baby, let my lovin' ease your pain
la dah dah dah
Another hour deeper in the night
Another mile farther down the road
A man can drive as hard as he can drive
And never get as far as his heart was meant to go
Sometimes when you look up in the sky
You think we might be closer than you know
Another tune forms in my head
More harmonies, more empty words
Oh, I could play these songs 'til I was dead
And never approach the sound that I once heard
I remember when I was just a kid
Listening in the sky
Believing that the wind would stir
And I know the river is deep
I found out that the currents are tricky
And I know the river is wide
And oh the currents are strong
And I may lose every dream
I dreamt that I could carry with me
But I have failed so many times
And You've never let me fall down alone
Maybe she could come to Wichita
And maybe we could borrow Beaker's bike
We'd let the road wind tie our hair in knots
Let the speed and the freedom untangle the lies
Maybe fear can vanish before love
Oh God, don't let this love be denied
'Cause I know the river is deep
I found out that the currents are tricky
And I know that the river is wide
And oh, the currents are strong
And I could lose every dream
I dreamt that I could carry with me
Oh, but I will reach the other side
Please don't let me have to wait too long
Another hour deeper in the night
Another mile farther down the road
I know a place where love flows like water
You sit on the bank and pass the time away
So take my hand I want to show you something
My very own lover's hideaway
And I will take you down the river
Where we'll will be lovin' in the shade of the old willow tree
I'll take you down to the river
Where you and I can just be you and me
I see us know just lyin' underneath the heavens
Sippin' on wine with nothing much to do
Just you in my arms when the sun is settin'
Then makin' sweet love in the night of Mr. Moon
And I will take you down the river
Where we'll will be lovin' in the shade of the old willow tree
I'll take you down to the river
Where you and I can just be you and me
You know I'll love you anyway
All I will feel the same until the sun don't shine
All I want to do is stay
'Cause you're a once in every lifetime
And I will take you down the river
Where we'll will be lovin' in the shade of the old willow tree
I'll take you down to the river
Where you and I can just be you and me
And I will take you down the river
Where we'll will be lovin' in the shade of the old willow tree
I'll take you down to the river
What makes a man
What makes a woman
Happy
What makes you think
What makes you say
Love
Some say it's like the river
How it runs to the sea
Love could be the river
One million people
Hoping to find
The river
One is the middle
On the bottom of the sea
Like a spine of a tree
It's all a riddle to me
It's all a riddle to me
As I walk through the valley
Of the shadow of L.A.
The footsteps that were next to me
Have gone their separate ways
I've seen enough now to know that beautiful things
Don't always stay that way
I've done enough now to know this beautiful place
Isn't everything they say
I heard that evil comes disguised
Like the city of angels
I'm walking towards the light
Baptized in the river
I've seen a vision of my life and I wanna be delivered
In the city was a sinner
I've done a lot of things wrong but I swear I'm a believer
Like the prodigal son, I was out on my own
Now I'm trying to find my way back home
Baptized in the river
I'm delivered, I'm delivered
You're from a small town
You're gonna grow up fast underneath these lights
Down in Hollywood on the boulevard
The dead come back to life
To the praying Mother and the worried Father
Let your children go
If they come back they'll come home stronger
And if they don't you'll know
They say evil that comes disguised
Like the city of angels
I'm walking towards the light
Baptized in the river
I've seen a vision of my life and I wanna be delivered
In the city was a sinner
I've done a lot of things wrong but I swear I'm a believer
Like the prodigal son, I was out on my own
Now I'm trying to find my way back home
Baptized in the river
I'm delivered, I'm delivered
Baptized in the river
(On my own!)
Baptized in the river
(On my own!)
I wanna be delivered
(On my own!)
(On my own!)
Baptized in the river
(On my own!)
I wanna be delivered
Baptized in the river
(On my own!)
I wanna be delivered
Baptized in the river
(On my own!)
I wanna be delivered
I confess I'm a sinner
I've seen a vision of my life
Out in the fight
How does it hurt inside
Alone in this world
Only a shadow arise
My time will come and I can't turn back
Till we see a sign
Every day is a new day
I will come back out of the black
Where the river flows, will you be my soul
And I can't get it over you
Where the river flows, where my heart belongs
And the water will still go through
The sun's on my face
Into another world
I left all behind
Just give me another try
There's nothing changin'
No regrets of how long it will last
There's nothing more to say or do
Yet another morning
that feels like this
Yet another life's bitter kiss
It has been like this for I don't know how long
I only know that at some point
it all went wrong
I don't remember much from last night
but still far more than I would like to
I'm floating downstream that damned river again
What can I do now except continue
and open a bottle once more
What can I do now except see this through
and float with the stream, off the shore
- see where the river will take me
When I needed you, you weren't there
now I need booze like I need the air that I breathe
With each drink I'm drifting further away from your world
the further off I get the harder it will be to return
It has been like this for I don't know how long
I only know that at some point
it all went wrong
Floating downstream that damned river again
The river that's distilled from premium grain
What can I do now except continue
and open a bottle once more
What can I do now except see this through
and float with the stream, off the shore
- see where the river will take me
Waking up and finding she's not there
Sleepy looking around to find out where I am
Get out of bed, go trippping down the stairs
And before you eat your breakfast, say your prayers
And the early morning pigeons fly around
Getting startled on my lonely footed sound
And yesterday's newspaper is flying too
Whirling down the wind that I once knew.
And the red and yellow birds come drifting by
Reflecting in themselves the windy sky
And you walk along beside them in a dream
And you wonder where they're going and where they've been
And the river's smiling bravely through the rain
Thinks everything is really just the same
And the rain comes down, and wets the curly hair
It doesn't matter who you are
It doesn't matter where you've been
It doesn't matter what the scar
It doesn't matter what the sin
It doesn't matter how you fell
Somewhere along the way
There is healing for your life today
Chorus:
('Cause) There's a river that flows
From the fountain of God
And it heals everything along the way
I have tasted and know
That for every broken heart
There is healing in Jesus' Name
He looks beyond how far you've gone
He looks beyond when you were hurt
He looks beyond who stole your song
He looks beyond what made it worse
He looks beyond where others failed
To reach out to you and say
There's healing for your life today
(repeat chorus)
It's a river that loves
It's a river that lives
It's the river of life
Living water it gives
(repeat chorus)
Healing in Jesus
Healing in Jesus' Name
I come from down in the valley
Where mister when you're young
They bring you up to do, Like your daddy done
Me and Mary we met in high school,
She was just seventeen
We'd drive out of this valley
Down to where the fields were green
We'd go down to the river
and into the river we'd dive
Oh down to the river we'd ride
Then I got Mary Pregnant and man that was all she wrote
And for my nineteenth birthday I got a union card and a wedding coat
We went down to the courthouse and the judge put it all to rest
No wedding day smiles no walk down the aisle
No flowers no wedding dress
We'd go down to the river
and into the river we'd dive
Oh down to the river we'd ride
I got a job working construction for the Johnstown Company
But lately there ain't been much work on account of the economy
Now all those things that seemed so important
Well they just vanished in the air
And I act like I don't remember, Mary acts like she don't care
And I remember us riding in my brother's car
Her body tan and wet down by the reservoir
At night on them banks I'd lie awake
And pull her close to feel each breath she'd take
Those memories come back to haunt me, well they haunt me like a curse
Is a dream a lie if it don't come true
Or is it something worse
And We'd go down to the river
and into the river we'd dive
Oh down to the river we'd ride
Down to the river my baby and I
Oh down to the river we'd ride
I live by the river and I hide my house away
Then just like the river, I can change my ways
Oh, if you come to love me, you'll stay forever
Inside my heart, inside my dreams
And time will fade, in time we'll love
In the street we walk as beggars, in the alley, faithless kings
Ah, but it's the truth of life that chains us in between
Those lost moments we steal to keep our love alive
And our prize, so tired after all the pain
And time will fade, in time we'll love
I live by the river and I hide my house away
Then just like the river, I can change my ways
Oh, if you come to love me, you'll stay forever
Inside my heart, inside my dreams
Sailing down, down the Styx again,
Without you my love, I want to return but then,
I see all my friends, they want me to join but then,
They all melt away, without you alone.
And the river's running through my veins.
Lately she don't seem the same.
And the blood keeps calling out my name.
I pass by the sins, left by a different man,
The tides brought them here, cast by a different hand.
And the wisps of the winds, blow with the Styx again.
Pushing me on, without you alone.
And the river's running through my veins.
Lately she don't seem the same.
And the blood keeps calling out my name.
And the river running down
And the river running down
And the river running down
And the river
My will must be strong, to rise with a different light.
My will must belong, I'm still pushing for different heights.
And the wisps of the winds blow with the Styx again.
The river runs red, and I'm left alone.
And the river's running thru my veins.
Lately she don't seem the same.
And the blood keeps calling out my name.
And the river's running.
Down by the river
That's where I broke down and cried
Down by the river
That's where I lay down and died
Going down to the river
For as long as I can stand
Mama told me "Son,"
as she took a hold of my hand
"Water runs so deep,
Deep as all my pain,"
Down by the river, honey
Lord, can I be saved?
I said down by the river
That's where I broke down and cried
I said down by the river
That's where I broke down and cried
I said down by the river
Heartaches soaked in wine
I'm just lookin' for redemption
For that wanderin' soul of mine
Pull me to my knees
As I drown in the pouring rain
Down by the river, honey
I still see your face
Sometimes around midnight
They'd come knocking at my door
I said sometimes around midnight,
Hell hounds found what they're looking for
Well those flashing lights told me
Didn't have to say a word
Someone took my baby
Someone took away my world
All they found was a letter
I should never have let her go
The river's the only witness
The only one who knows
And the wind whispers her name
And all the lonesome years
Water turns to whiskey
I drown in my own tears
Down by the river
I see my life in flames
Down by the river honey
I call out your name
I call out your name
Sailing down, down the Styx again,
Without you my love, I want to return but then,
I see all my friends, they want me to join but then,
They all melt away, without you alone.
And the river's running through my veins.
Lately she don't seem the same.
And the blood keeps calling out my name.
I pass by the sins, left by a different man,
The tides brought them here, cast by a different hand.
And the wisps of the winds, blow with the Styx again.
Pushing me on, without you alone.
And the river's running through my veins.
Lately she don't seem the same.
And the blood keeps calling out my name.
And the river running down
And the river running down
And the river running down
And the river
My will must be strong, to rise with a different light.
My will must belong, I'm still pushing for different heights.
And the wisps of the winds blow with the Styx again.
The river runs red, and I'm left alone.
And the river's running thru my veins.
Lately she don't seem the same.
And the blood keeps calling out my name.
And the river's running.
Help me baby
And they came to the river
And they came from the road
And he wanted the sun
Just to call his own
And they walked on the dirt
And they walked from the road
'Til they came to the river
'Til they came up close
Throw your pain in the river
Throw your pain in the river
Leave your pain in the river
To be washed away slow
And we walked without words
And we walked with our lives
Two silent birds circled by
Like a pain in the river
And the pain in the river
And the white sun scattered
Washed away this slow
And we followed the river
And we followed the road
And we walked through this land
And we called it a home
But he wanted the sun
And I wanted the whole
And the white light scatters
And the sun sets low
Like a pain in the river
Like a pain in the river
Like a white light scatters
To be washed away slow
Like a pain in the river
Like a pain in the river
Like the way life scattered
To be washed away slow
WHAT MAKES A MAN
WHAT MAKES A WOMAN
HAPPY
WHAT MAKES YOU THINK
WHAT MAKE YOU SAY
LOVE
SOME SAY'S IT'S LIKE THE RIVER
HOW IT RUNS TO THE SEA
LOVE COULD BE THE RIVER
ONE MILLION PEOPLE
HOPING TO FIND
THE RIVER
ONE IS IN THE MIDDLE
ON THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA
LIKE A SPINE OF A TREE
IT'S ALL A RIDDLE TO ME
IT'S ALL A RIDDLE TO ME
TO ME
So deep in the water
Sleep, dark as the night
Somehow it seems it was all another dream
Soon dissolved in the light.
Oh, we were by the waterline.
Vague, the song of the night.
Innocent to all the peasant gods with you,
So, we drink to be renewed.
On the long, deep river
Where the moorhens cry
As the first sun quivers in the open sky...
Oh, she came down the river.
Soon, all the leaves were still.
The current was strong and the river was so long.
So, we drink to be renewed.
In the long cool evening,
Where the peacocks shiver
And the boat starts down the silver river way...
I remember you saying,
As her deep eyes opened,
In the first light seeing her,
When I was held up in chains
The river was free
When I was covered in stains
The river was clean
When I was losing my way
The river found me
I can see the river
I can feel the river
I'm letting go of all I hold onto
Let it wash away
When we were broken inside
The river was love
When we were thirsty and dry
You were more than enough
When we were drowning in lies
The river saved us
I'm dancing in the river
And I'll be here forever
I'm letting go of everything but You
Carry me away
And they came to the river
And they came from the road
And he wanted the sun
Just to call his own
And they walked on the dirt
And they walked from the road
'Til they came to the river
'Til they came up close
Throw your pain in the river
Throw your pain in the river
Leave your pain in the river
To be washed away slow
And we walked without words
And we walked with our lives
Two silent birds circled by
Like a pain in the river
And the pain in the river
And the white sun scattered
Washed away this slow
And we followed the river
And we followed the road
And we walked through this land
And we called it a home
But he wanted the sun
And I wanted the whole
And the white light scatters
And the sun sets low
Like a pain in the river
Like a pain in the river
Like a white light scatters
To be washed away slow
Like a pain in the river
Like a pain in the river
Like the way life scattered
To be washed away slow
You will never can imagine
This unvoiced desperation
It's not written on my face
Leaving behind resignation
[pre-chorus]
Reaching out for the first reach
With a strangled smile I'd let you go
Leaving behind emptiness
It hurts more than you'll ever know
[chorus]
And the river, and the river flows
Strong the wild
And the fever, and the fever grows
Fiery by passion
In the dark and torrid ocean
All the hearts are lying there
Lost for love, waiting for rebirth
I get sick, I feel it rising there
[repeat pre-chorus / chorus / solo / chorus]
Torrential like a river
Consuming like a fever
And the current, and the current, and the current flows
On a Friday night where I grew up
There ain't a whole lot you can do
The same ole' faces the same ole' places
Ain't nothin' ever new
After the football game we'd hang around
The high school parking lot
Then we'd pile into a couple of cars
And head off to our favorite spot
Down to the river
We went to the river
My Sophomore year was a carbon copy
Of the ones that came before
'Til a night in late November
That shook us all down to the core
We'd won the game by twenty points
Couldn't wait to celebrate
But our lead car was goin' way too fast
They never even hit the breaks
They went into the river
Deep in the river
We buried Laurie Mabrey
In the clothes that she'd been wearin'
Her cheerleader outfit never looked
So out of place
That sweater and that pleated skirt
Of blue and white and crimson
Just didn't belong in that shiny silver case
I moved here to Nashville
On May 12th '89
And I started gettin' letters once a week
From this friend of mine
I'd gone to school with Christine Thuro
From kindergarten on
She'd say hang in there 'cause
I just know you're gonna be a star
She and her boyfriend and a couple of kids
I guess she met through him
Set out for the Marais Des Cygne
To try to cool off by takin' a swim
There'd been a lot of rain that summer
And the current was too strong
I heard that they did all they could
But Christine she was gone
Into the river
She died there in the river
I was baptized in that same water
Gave my soul to Jesus
How can such a peaceful place
Be filled with so much pain
'Cause two young mothers lost their daughters
Right there for no reason
I swear I'll never go down there again
Back to the river
That mean ole' river
That beautiful river
That damn ole' river
I remember that I found you
Just waiting in the dark
Took me to the river where we always fell apart
And we lay amongst the rocks naked in the sand
Waiting for the moment that we hoped would never end
And I came to you for comfort but it never stopped the pain
I remember we were smiling as our bodies tore away
So take me to the river I can almost feel it
The water’s washing over me and I don’t even mind
And I know that you’re screaming I can barely hear it
The water’s washing over me and I don’t even mind
I don’t even mind
Woke up in the morning as the ice began to freeze
You tried to stop the current and the changing of the leaves
But I was frozen in the spotlight burns like the sun
Waiting for a moment that I knew would never come
So I held you close for comfort but it couldn’t stop the pain
Knew that we were dying as our bodies tore away
So take me to the river I can almost feel it
The water’s washing over me and I don’t even mind
And I know that you’re screaming I can barely hear it
The water’s washing over me and I don’t even mind
I don’t even mind
There by the shore I am raw
I can almost taste it
Hope like a drug in the blood
I can feel it coming
Walk ’til we fall ’til we crawl
I can almost taste it
There in the blood like a drug
I can hear it coming
I wash away
David Usher: Lead vocals; backing vocals
Jonathan Gallivan: Electric guitars
Kevin Young: Piano; synths; backing vocals
Steve Zsirai: Bass guitar
Chris Taylor-Munro: Drums; percussion
I was born by the river
That my momma cried when my daddy died
Maybe that was the reason i didn't get the attention
That i was needing to touch cuz
I reminded her of him too much
Couldn't understand what she felt so i hated her, yeah
Til i was old enough to hate myself
And i felt like a slave down in South Carolina
Cursing the vagina that gave life to me
I couldn't see what i had the potential to be
Til i got down on my knees and begged God
To please take control of my life today
Cuz there's no way
There's no way,no way,no way
I can do it on my own
And no matter how my friends try to console
They can never never know
What i go through
So i turn my heart over completely
To you,yes Lord,i do...
I was born in a hurry
Cuz my momma had to be back to work at 8:30
Maybe that was the reason there was always this feeling
That she was rushing herself
She didn't even have the time to spend loving herself
Let alone,someone else
So i hated her,yea
Cuz i loved her,yea
And i cried,yea
Like the Klu Klux Klan at the Million Man March
Partially broke my spirit,partially broke my heart
I couldn't start to be what i had the potential to be
Til i got down on my knees and begged God to please
She fell in love with a lover boy
In the old days I would walk alone
Any other day not disturbing
While the others roamed
And I listened to her song
But would walk on the other side
We'd be lonely, blue and lonely
Then she fell in love with another one
I was older now, and followed a path
She had learned to be cool, to be caring
And I thought I should say
It's too much just to be
But not enough for the life of me
To be lonely, blue and lonely
That's when the river ran dry
That's when the river was all but a spill
That's when the river ran dry
Every soul on the shore
Without sail, without will
She said her saviour was soon to come
From a long way, to bring back the girl he once knew
To be true and all loving
In the very best ways
And I listened to her song
But would walk on the other side
We'd be lonely, blue and lonely
That's when the river ran dry
That's when the river was all but a spill
That's when the river ran dry
Every soul on the shore
Without sail, without will
If time were a second
If life were a moment that once stood still
I'd leave it untattered, untouched, until
But it's too much just to be
But not enough for the life of me
To be lonely, blue and lonely
She fell in love with a lover boy
In the old days, I would walk alone
Any other day not disturbing
And I listened to her song
But would walk on the other side
We'd be lonely, blue and lonely
That's when the river ran dry
That's when the river was all but a spill
That's when the river ran dry
Every soul on the shore
Without sail, without will
And I knew it before, and I do know it still
A quiet night on an endless street
The smell makes me fall to my knees
Desire strikes, I've been dealt by the hand
A tooth for an eye, it's the law of the land
I'm defecting your laws, I'm rejecting the sky
I'm reflecting your face, I'm a victim of crime
I was sent from the sky
I'm destined to die
I'm the bloodline, the river is rolling
Like a train on the tracks, turn your white into black
I'm alive, and the pain, it is showing
I'm defecting your laws, I'm rejecting the sky
I'm reflecting your face, I'm a victim of crime
The river, oh, the river
It's flowing through my veins
The river
A fight's a fight, it's your last meal
The bulls have returned to the cage
Dust in my eyes, the sweat from the rays
My conscious will lead me, my mind it deceived me
I'm defecting your laws, I'm rejecting the sky
I'm reflecting your face, I'm a victim of crime
The river, oh, the river
It slowly brings you down
I will fight the spirit
With a sword in my side
She found a way out
Crack my rib
Wait to die
I think I know you best when I sleep
I think I know everything
Me and my brothers
We have tongues sharp as knives
I found a way out
Make a noise, close your eyes
I think I talk to you best when I sing
I sing about almost everything
Oh god I need it
So let me see again
Take me to the river
And let me see again
Oh my god
Let me see again
Oh my god
Let me see again
Let me see again
Grace taught her daughter
Daily on
God how I feel it
Fed her pride to your feet
I'm gonna leave you the first chance I get [4x]
Oh god I need it
I was wrong again
Take me to the river
And make me clean again
Oh my god
Make me clean again
And oh my god
To the river I am going bringing sins I cannot bear
Come and cleanse me, come forgive me Lord I need to meet you there
In these waters, healing mercy flows with freedom from despair
I am going, to that river Lord I need to meet you there
Precious Jesus, I am ready to surrender every care
Take my hand now, lead me closer Lord I need to meet you there
Come and join us, in the river Come find life beyond compare
He is calling, He is waiting Jesus longs to meet you there
He is calling, He is waiting Jesus longs to meet you there
Precious Jesus, I am ready to surrender every care
Take my hand now, lead me closer Lord I need to meet you there
Into the folds of time, crossing the great river
There is a holy ground hard to be found
This ground is so mellow
That many are the ones who rowed
In search for their own piece to sow
But nobody could know the right way to go
All these people have been searching
For a place with no direction
And no boundaries to be found
For this land is not outside yet
You can find it right beside you
Feel the stream of your consciousness
Now that you rowed
For so long in the wrong river, where there was no land to wait for you all
Well, I hope you understand
Well, that eternal life has no sense with no feelings or goals to reach
Don't ever cross that line
In every love-story
There is a dark page where everything goes wrong and hate takes its place
And dying inside you swear you won't sail for that river of passion
From which fount you drank
You're just fooling yourself
Another week and you'll forget it
Another month and you'll be searching
For that wellspring, again
Can you leave it all behind you?
Can you avoid to sail this river?
Tell me where the fun lies in this game of yoursâ¦
Now that you rowed
For so long in the wrong river, where there was no land to wait for you all
Well, I hope you understand
Well, that eternal life has no sense with no feelings or goals to reach
Don't ever cross that line
If you look right deep in your heart
I know you can make it, together we'll cross it tonight my son
I will be there by your side
Call my name, once againâ¦
If you look right deep in your heart
I know you can make it, together we'll cross it tonight my son
I will be there by your side
Call my name, once againâ¦
If you look right deep in your heart
I know you can make it, together we'll cross it tonight my son
I will be there by your side
Oh meet me down by the river
Lets dive in like children do
Let our troubles wash to the Father
Hell wash you clean and make you new
Oh my brother i know your out there
With all your burdens and heaven lose
Oh youve been driving down this highway
For so long for so long
Oh my sister I know you cryin
Cos you feel lost and on your own
But when your empty Jesus can fill you
All that He asks is you come home
So meet me down by the river
And lets dive in like children do
And let troubles wash the father
Hell wash you clean and make you new
Father my love
Sadden daughter
Were all searching for that peace
That can hear less and reason to us
The sweet forgiveness
We all need we all need
Come on meet me down by the river
Lets dive in like children do children do children do
And let our trouble wash to the Father
Wash ya clean and make you new
She ran until her face was numb with cold and
Wore a cotton gown that blazed the night untold.
She ran until her feet refused to hold
So heavy a heart for someone merely ten years old.
And when she reached the river her knees began to shiver,
Her head with pounding voices from home.
Behind her was a vision, a painful apparition
Of a darker world that no-one should know.
Somebody's bed will never be warm again,
The river will keep this friend.
Yeah somebody's bed will never be warm again,
No never again.
She dived beneath the water's icy skin,
Hoping the cold would kill the smell of angry gin,
And her eyes grew wider than they'd ever been
Just wishing the numbness to cut deeper with its pins.
And as her body lay there she decided to stay there
Till darkness came to pull her away.
And beautifully she sank as up river was the bank
Where some bodiless troubles would stay.
Somebody's bed will never be warm again,
The river will keep this friend.
Yeah somebody's bed will never be warm again,
No never again.
Somebody's bed will never be warm again,
The river will keep this friend.
Yeah somebody's bed will never be warm again,
If you're hurting, I'll take your pain
If your life is dry and weary, I'll bring the rain
If you're searching, then search no more
If you're drifting on an ocean, I'll be the shore
I see the scars that you hide
I've kept the tears that you've cried, they were not in vain
And every prayer that you've prayed
I have treasured and saved, my love will never change
If you're looking for the river
That runs with healing water
Bring yourself to me
And I will wash you in an endless peace
I'm your Saviour,
And I'll save you tonight
If you're blinded by the darkness, I'll be the light
If you're hopeless, I'll be your faith
If you're lost, I'll lead the way
CHORUS
Sometimes I get nostalgic for the past
Sometimes I'm proud of the fact that I'm white trash
Sometimes I think that I can't stand alone
Sometimes I want to run away from home
Sometimes I feel like life kicks me in the face
I gotta get back up 'cause, baby, that's the break
Sometimes I think about the way I was raised
Sometimes I dwell on the dues I've been forced to pay
Sometimes I think about the bullshit I took
I wish I used the chance to fight when I could've
But it's alright
I want to know that when my body lies, will my spirit roam?
Will Isee all the things I never could see?
Moving on baby
I went to the river, thinkin bout jumpin in
Thinkin about your ways baby
Trying to forget how to swim
As I stood there, watching the train go by
Oh what a message - that's when I realized
Oh baby, is it gonna last very long
Look at the river and how it keeps movin on
Oh baby, what we had is almost gone
Look at the river and how it keeps movin on
Movin on
Would you just look at the river
Movin on
My emotions move with the current and the wind
No direction, and no definite end
That's when I realized how the ripples in the water seemed to shine
Reminds me of you and I baby, at one point in time
And just like a river - like a river flowin - into a waterfall (Stef and Renee)
After falling are we movin on -inside I feel - I can feel it flow
Oh baby, is it gonna last very long
Look at the river look at it how it keeps movin on and movin on
Oh baby, what we had is almost gone
Look at the river and how it keeps movin on
Under the train bridge - it keeps movin on
Goes round to the whirlpool - it keeps movin on
No still waters baby, are gonna hold me down
And all I wanna know is - are you comin with me
I have got to keep moving on
Moving on yeah
Moving on I said
Moving on
Oh baby, is it gonna last very long
Look at the river look at it how it keeps movin on and movin on
Oh baby, what we had is almost gone
Look at the river and how it keeps movin on
Moving, moving
moving, moving
moving, moving
Would you just look at the river
Moving on
Moving on I said
Moving, moving
moving
moving, moving
baby
moving, moving
Would you just look, look at the river
Moving on
Get me right, all it takes is silent night
I want my eyes to see these lights
Hold hold hold on hold hold on
But when it comes it goes
I am on my knees, oh forgive me
Get me right, look at these people flying kites
They seem to live forgotten nights
Hold hold hold on hold hold on
But when it comes it goes
I am on my knees
Oh forgive me
Drive, I got my head on aright
I got my people strapped tight
I got my head on aright
Oh oh oh oh
I, I got my head on aright
I got my people strapped tight
I got my head on aright
Oh oh oh oh
Oh get me right, all it takes is starry nights
I want my eyes to see these lights
Hold hold hold on hold hold on
But when it comes it goes
I am on my knees
Oh forgive me
Get me right, look at these seagulls in the air
They seem to yell just like we care
Hold hold hold on hold hold on
But when it comes it goes
I am on my knees
Oh forgive me
Drive, I got my head on aright
I got my people strapped tight
I got my head on aright
Oh oh oh oh
I, I got my head on aright
I got my people strapped tight
I got my head on aright
Oh oh oh oh
Drive, I got my head on aright
I got my people strapped tight
I got my head on aright
Oh oh oh oh
I, I got my head on aright
I got my people strapped tight
I got my head on aright
I was born by the river
That my momma cried when my daddy died
Maybe that was the reason
I didn't get the attention
that I was needing to touch
cause i reminded her of him too much.
Couldn't understand what she felt so I hated her, yea
'Till I was old enough to hate myself.
And I felt like a slave down in South Carolina
Cursin' the vagina that gave life to me, oh
I couldn't see what I had the potential to be
'Till i got down on my knees
And begged God to please
Take control of my life today
Chorus
'Cause there's no way,
there's no way, no way, no way
I can make it on my own, (hey)
And no matter how my friends try to console
They could never never know what I go through.
So I turn my heart over completely
To You , yes Lord, I do.
I was born in a hurry
Cause my momma had to be back to work at 8:30
Maybe that was the reason there was always this feeling
Like she was rushin' herself,
She didn't even have the time to spend
Loving her self
Let alone someone else,
So I hated her, yea
Cause I loved her, yea
And I cried, yea!
Like the Ku Klux Klan at the Million Man March
Partially broke my spirit
Partially broke my heart
I couldn't start to be what I had the potential to be
Till i got down on my knees
And begged God to please
Take control of my life today
Chorus
Cause there's no way,
There's no way, no way, no way
I can make it on my own
and no matter how my friends try to console
They could never know what I go through
So I turn my heart over Completely
To You,
Yes Lord, I Do.
Looked out my window to the east this morning
To the east there was a big old cloud
This Hurricane had no name
But it was sure to tear house from the ground.
It would take children from their mammas
No this terror don't discriminate
But what's worse is the sickness it would leave behind
Mistrust confusion and hate.
[pre I]
We all look for salvation in the seconds before the rain
Why not say a little prayer on any old lovely day?
[chorus]
Take me as I am. Take me to the promised land.
Never let me go. Never leave me lonely.
Take me to the river. Accompany me to heaven.
Every one will know that you're my one and only.
Little man why you play so hard,
Like no brother ain never gon' do nothing good?
It's such a shame when you act reckless
Like no one never found love in no hood.
Lord knows there are snakes in the water
And I've always had to fight for what's mine.
But I would never tell my daughter
Being black means going and killing my own kind.
[pre II]
I'm all about keeping it real and death is a part of life...
But as long as we're here walking around why we singing about trying to die?
[chorus]
(bridge)
It's gonna be alright
Just take my hand
We'll go together
No need to go far
What we've got right here
This is heaven
"Ladies and gentlemen, we present to you, the afterlife, beauty at it's peak.
All of this will be yours, unless you drinketh of the river."
Lift on up, glide across the forest
Turn #rocks#, find stones of solid gold
Power, you alone can #defeat# a dragon
Just forget not, all that you've been told
I shall never, drink it from the river
I shall never, drink it from this hole
I didn't drink from the river
I did it all on my own
I #tasted shit# with my brothers
I told the rest to come on
COME ON
COME ON
COME ON
COME ON
Been to Heaven, it's just too bright for me
My blood, is way too cold for Hell
While I'm alive, keep makin it clear to me
They say listen up, you listen well
I will
I shall never, drink it from the river
I shall never, drink it from this hole
I didn't drink from the river
I did it all on my own
I taste and shared with my brothers
I told the rest to come on
COME ON
COME ON
COME ON
COME ON
COME ON
COME ON
COME ON
COME ON
I didn't drink from the river
I did it all on my own
I taste and shared with my brothers
I told the rest to come on
I didn't drink from the river
I did it all on my own
I taste and shared with my brothers
The roads are closed
Do you know where you should be?
When the lights are dim
Are you gonna come cryin' to me?
'Cause you're sitting there with your legs crossed
Lookin' so carefree
Do you think you can run away
From your so-called misery?
'Cause you know, the tide ain't rollin' in for you
The tide ain't rollin' in for me
Are you gonna sink, are you gonna swim?
Because I'll take you down to the river
Yes, I'll take you down to the river
In the end, I'll take you down to the river
But you're goin' in, you're goin' in
Now the choice is yours
Are you in or are you gonna back out?
Well this is your life baby
Are you gonna take a look around?
'Cause you seem to think that all
Your chances will chase you down
I'm telling you to open up your eyes
And take those feet off the ground
'Cause you know the tide ain't rollin' in for you
The tide ain't rollin' in for me
Are you gonna sink, are you gonna swim?
Because I'll take you down to the river
Yes, I'll take you down to the river
Don't you know, I'll take you down to the river
But you're goin' in, you're goin' in
Now the roads are closed
Do you know where you should be?
Now the lights are dim
Are you gonna come cryin' to me?
'Cause you know the tide ain't rollin' in for you
The tide ain't rollin' in for me
Are you gonna sink, are you gonna swim?
Because I'll take you down to the river
Yes, I'll take you down to the river
In the end, I'll take you down to the river
Dry thoughts of a better day
My hope like stones in the dust lay
Fast pace to escape
My search for living water
Cool breeze on the water top
Smooth shine on a silver rock
Lord please let Your current see
Through to the inside
Chorus:
Lose myself
Cover me over
Find my life
Down at the river
Cut deep into shallow ground
Through me You can flow now
Winding to the blue sea off in the distance
And Sundays always come around
Staring to these white walls and waiting for them to vanish
Feeling of cold grows stronger and sight is blurring in these tired eyes
No questions remain anymore as they're all wiped away
Only this moment where time stands still reaching its limits
Stillness awaits while touching the calmness merged with pain
that soon will cease to be with my shattered consciousness
River is flowing down in constant movement, further down
Slow aching movement and last shadows of horror appear to this gruesome sight
Too weak to move anymore lying still awaiting the darkness to come
Sight is growing dim and white turns to black drifting away, away
Can't turn back the time, it's claws mangle what's left of me
When you cross that river
The trees they will bow down
The sky will open up to you
And the lark will sing your song
When you cross that river
The path will follow you
And the winds they will caress your lips
And the fires they'll burn strong
Until then... yeah yeah
The pastures seem greener on the other side
Alexander don't bide your time uneasily
When you cross that river
The rains will be your wine
The brambles your mandolins
The earth to dance upon
When you cross that river
The moon will give you rest
The night will be your blanket
And the sun your morning guest
When you cross that river
Boudicca you will wed
Fuareg you will feast upon
Mirth your wedding bed
When you cross that river
Your fields will plenty reap
Your children like every spring
I'm Going To The River And There I'm Going To Swim Until I Sink.
I've Been Drowning Here Forever.
So, It Won't Make A Difference To Me.
Don't You See What The Buzz Is?
Look At Me.
I Am Nothing But A Need To Reach You.
If I Don't Go To The River I'm Going To Crawl Into A Hole And Fill Me In.
This Thing Will Suffocate Me.
So, You See, The Only Difference Is When.
I Don't Know What The Trick Is.
Look At Me. I Am Nothing But A Need To Reach You.
I've Waited So Long That I Can Smell The Rotting Of My Brain And
I'm Shaking And I'm Stammering And Tasting The Sting Of My Failure.
Look At Me.
I Am Nothing But A Need To Reach You.
Look At Me I Am Nothing But A Need, This Need.
Everyday I See Rage In The Mirror.
It's Dripping From Me;
Throbbing Through Me.
I Can't Be Any Clearer
And I Can See It Right There.
Everyone is broken and in need of a savior
So He came and was broken for the marker,
For the shamed
Still our eyes are blinded by the culture,
By the lies
We cant see that were filthy, we're fallen
And so dry
But He invites us
Can you hear Him say
He invites us
Hear Him call your name
Welcome to the river
Come drink come away come find your very life
Welcome to the river of God
Where your brokeness is washed away
Everywhere is the sorrow
And the pain of empty living
You can see it, look in their eyes
All the hopelessness of the world
But look closer He is right there
In the midst of every fear
Living water is the offer
Restoration is the call
And He invites us
Can you hear Him say
He invites us
Hear Him call your name
Welcome to the river
Come drink come away come find your very life
Welcome to the river of god
Where your brokeness is washed away
Welcome to the river
Come drink come away come find your very life
Welcome to the river of God
Where your brokeness is washed away
Find your healing
Find your freedom
In the river of God
Find your healing
Find your freedom
In the river of God
Your healing here
Your freedom here
In the river of God
Your healing here
Your freedom here
In the river of God
Welcome to the river
Come drink come away come find your very life
Welcome to the river of God
Where your brokeness is washed away
.washed away
Brains should make you smarter
And maybe sometimes your life is harder
Than I know
Someone like you just can't be right
Why would you say those things tonight
How lonely can one life be
Do you still feel the same as me
How lonely can one life be
Oh who cares anyway
Let me take you up to the river
Let me wrap you inside a dream
Let me take you into the water
And show me the endless sea
You and me no longer
And maybe next time you'll think much harder
Than you know
Why don't you live your life
And on my own I'll be alright
Let me take you up to the river
Let me take you up to the river
(Let me take you) How lonely can one life be
(Up to the river) Do you still feel the same as me
[repeat to fade]
growin up, it was tough
we were glad for what little we had
i saw my share of old fair mississippi
dirt road and confederate flags
everyday my father would tell me
"son, run and don't never come back"
that's where i left my girl
that's where my heart is at, and ohh...
[chorus]
i held my breath when they dipped my head
then i came up shiy and new
found out about love in the back of my impala
where they layed my grandfather to
down by the river where black folks
gather after sunday service is threw
down by the river runs to the ocean
i'll be runnin' right back to you
I got along, i'm movin' on
i've bandaged the scars up well
i think of then i seem to wait for
a card or a letter in the mail
i walk the beach with sand in my feet
i place my ear up to a shell
i wonder if you miss me to
cuz' i've been longing to get to you
i'm sick of starrin' out my window sill
i'm packin' my bags, i said i'm going back home
to the place where i belong
the river
and if she's there when i get there
i'm never gonna leave her again
you see,she stole my heart
down by the river
[chorus]
so i'm packin' up my suitcase
bought me a one-way fare
i'm leaving everything behind me
but in my heart i always care
and i'll still be right there
thank you baby
cuz nothin' can replace that part in my life, and...
Michelle gave me a gift for the pain, but she doesn't know how it turns
Came like wind without noise, to cover my eyes and my voice
So tonight…
So tonight…
Give me the strength of the stone, cause there's only one way to go
Talk to me about monkeys and rain, slowly it turns me insane
Lie to yourself for a while, trying a smile, dark inside
Climbing long stairs but why, you never tried
To do it well on the ground
On the ground…
Let yourself go, with the flood, down the river
I should not cry, or ask why, this river takes you down
Under the moon you don't have to wait
Cause she will never go back
All in this world still being the same cause none seems to care
All in this world needs a reason why to be logical
To be wonderful to your mind
All we have already heard teach us how to forget
…I wouldn't have to wait no more
Wait no more
And now that I'm gone, you'll be fine, I'll be fine
Drowning on the earth, while I drink this wine
So would you be there, when this time passes away!!
Let yourself go, with the flood, down the river
I should not cry, or ask why, this river takes you down
Let this candle melt, like my soul, for another
I should not cry because I know why, this river takes you down
I want a life he said
Where everything's right he said
The first thing out loud for two days
The pieces are many
If I miss one I'll be empty
I know it's a lot but that's me
My thoughts are all one
My thoughts are all one
I know there's a place he said
A beautiful place he said
I'll wait 'cos there's only one way
The waiting gets harder
And my patience slips further
But I wait slowly by each new day
My thoughts are all one
My thoughts are all one
I'm burning inside in this cold winters sun
My thoughts are all one
My thoughts are just one
Let me go
Out by the river here
I still know what I really fear
But at least I can breathe for a while
One day I'll come back home
But won't walk this path alone
The boat that failed it's only sail
is burning in the river
It's heating up the water mains
while the rest of the house just shivers
It's sinking fast
straight through the grass
A buoyant mask
A medical grasp
and that... was
all I had to give her
...but I will take my hand's mistakes
Stay afloat in
this flushing river
With the smell of your soul
and fix the bridge that
bowed
from the blows that age delivers
But I fear collapse...
as your
weight will pass
You know... I love you more that you will know
Something
is coming for us
t's coming through the vents
.for the worst and
best.
And so it seems
Like old beliefs...
We're struggling in the
water
Fishing for a fish that knows
of a way to save the other...
Don't turn
blue
It's turning the room...
and as it spins the violence
coats the walls
in bother...
Carousels and comet tails
are somewhere in this river
...and
i'm sick of nine to five
i'm sick of living day to day
so i had to hitch a ride
to take me to the only place
to listen to the sweet sound of the river calling
calling out to you
you know you'll go around
things will turn around
she'll be there for you
listen to the sweet sound of the river
we used to go there all the time
the town seemed so close
when i need to feel the love
and let the trouble's wash away
listen to the sweet sound of the river calling
calling out to you
you know you'll come around
things will turn around
she'll be there for you
listen to the sweet sound of the river
to listen to the sweet sound of the river calling
calling out to you
you know you'll come around
things will turn around
she'll be there for you
I divide my age by four to understand what I am
Where's the source of all this suffering ?
Then I add sixty-five years to see what I became
Has all this really a meaning ?
Cause I'll never find a friend among the creatures
That lives in the river of life, I'm drowning
I came because the sky was blue but the water is cloudy
and cold
How the fuck would I speak my mind if I must hold my
breath ?
I wonder how you can keep complaining
There's no water in your lungs and I am almost deaf
There are too many voices in the river of life, I'm
drowning
I came on to wash my face and my soul but the water is
dirty and green
Never learned to swim, I don't want to stay naked before
I don't want to swim naked in the river of life, I'm
drowning
I came on that summer day now the water is fragrant and
Majestic waters, wash it away
Lay your pain in the river
A trip to heaven is a heart beat away
All my pain in the river
So you say, that you're all alone
Only the river knows
And beatiful waters, I was baptized by thee
State my claim to the river
The Sunday sun is shining halos on thee
All mistakes in the river
So you say, that you're all alone
Only the river knows
Majestic waters, wash it away
Lay my pain in the river
A trip to heaven is a heartbeat away
All mistakes in the river
So you say, that you're all alone
This mineral drags the starlight
And it`s rupturing my disguise
I might discover the way back to that river
There, where the gift
Was sunken into my eyes
The black marbles, I abhor
I`ve found it, wrapped in a velvet cloth
Enforcind a union of longing and disgust
The way is old and unknown
Enclosed by ancient trees
Behind them, a white shadow stirs
On this cold and disripting path
I become soulless,
I am unearthly torn,
Tragically cursed and unloved
I cherish and beg for salvation
As the white shadow turns into a dark figure
Stabbing daggers into my back
For the memories of my genuine life
They bring my journey to an end
Passing by, to leave this place forever
[Chorus]
Did I Tell you we live by the River now?
Did I Tell you we live by the River now?
Some folks would say that we lucked out but
As the seasons change, I guess we’ll find out.
So Listen, I’m not sayin’ that my place isn’t hot.
Two-bedroom, two-bath in a real good spot,
We got floors made of hardwood,
Homies in my neighborhood,
Girlies lookin like they should,
It’s lookin’ real good, In my new hood,
But it just ain’t the same as my island lifestyle
Man, I went insane when I moved back home,
Back from my place alone, back from the land of sand
With no cellular phone!
[Chorus]
You see we didn’t have power, not even a broom
So candles lit up our filthy livin’ room
We got art on the walls it’s all gifts from friends,
Its right brained proof karma comes round in the end.
You see we left to Hawaii, and kept close with pals,
And when we came home they gave our place some style.
Invite a few friends, they turn my house into a home,
Now when I’m sittin alone it don’t fell like I’m alone!
I watch the moon hang in the sky
I feel the traffic rushing by
Freight train engine in the night
I'm still here waiting for you
I watch the moon hang in the air
I feel the cold breeze in my hair
My eyes blind by headlights glare
I'm still here waiting for you
I take the night train to sky
Rising up I close my eyes
The ground beneath me dead and dry
I'm still here waiting for you
But I won't cry another tear
For all the pain we saw last year
The river thirsts for those who fear
I'm still here waiting for you
We once walked these streets
In search for the unthinkable
We tried to be invisible
It only made us miserable
I once lost it all
In a game that can't be won
I took a chance and had to run
The river was the only one
Will you leave it all behind
Water Rushing through your mind
The river's thirst is so unkind
My sweet prince, you used to love a lady
You wrote poems for her, you were so kind
Now she's hearing you're becoming crazy
That you've lost grip of your amazing mind
And she tastes sorrow as youtold her
Love is vain, she'd better be far away
A thousand needles stuck in her tired heart
The last thing she expected you to say
They say it was him to take away your life
Beloved father I'm going to meet you again
Everyone but this river has let me down
So I just let me drown
I let the river flow over
A life driven by others
I let the water cover
This burden of troubles
Flows my body among the flowers
Thank you, branch, wooden savior
I watch me drown, finally free
Now I'm dying I start to breathe
My dear brother, please don't you suffer
I'll be fine, you'll always be this strong
It's so hard to face the loss of everything
That gave you meaning to belong
In this place, this cold and rotten nation
Twenty years of blind obedience to what you all told
I can't go on without an explanation
Wanna leave behind all the evil of this world
Still in death I can't find my peaceful sleep
I've been stumentalized against what made me real
I've set free my head, they labeled me just mad
These flowers be my crown
I let the river flow over
A life driven by others
I let the water cover
This burden of troubles
Flows my body among the flowers
Thank you, branch, wooden savior
I watch me drown, finally free
Now I'm dying I start to breathe
I let the river flow over me..
I see teared eyes around,
Around my grave
Who're you talking to, love?
The skull you hold won't speak
You see, my flesh, so solid
Now is melting
To die, to sleep, to dream
Was my choice
I let the river flow over
A life driven by others
I let the water cover
This burden of troubles
Flows my body among the flowers
Thank you, branch, wooden savior
I watch me drown, finally free
I've done a bad thing it's okay
I'm going down to the river today
And the river's gonna wash my sins away
Til I'm born again tomorrow
Oh to get over my head
Make me forget my sorrow
I'm going down to the river alone
Don't tell mama and daddy I'm gone
And if they cry when I don't come home
Just lie and tell them I'm funnin'
Whoa to get out of my eyes
Into the river wide I'm runnin'
And I can't swim
But it's alright
'Cause all my sin will drag me down even if I could
And if it weren't for him and the love that night
I'd be living for the light like a good girl should
'Cause a good girl should
This old town'll have my skin
I can't speak the trouble I'm in
So if I don't come back again
Go lie beneath the willow
'Cause where I carved my name
Is where my soul you'll remain
And I'll still know
Lord, and I can't swim
But it's alright
'Cause all my sin will drag me down even if I could
And if it weren't for him and the love that night
I'd be living for the light like a good girl should
'Cause a good girl should
When I meet the Lord so kind
I'm gonna give him a piece of my mind
And I'll tell him I wanna know why oh why When he's so damned forgivin'
My daddy won't look in my eyes
Momma knows the lies I'm living
Oh, I can't swim
But it's alright
'Cause all my sin will drag me down even if I could
And if it weren't for him and the love that night
I'd be living for the light like a good girl should
And he dances every night
Framed in candles
And white white light
All is revealed
When all is too bright
You're such a pleasure
A wonderful pain
Makes me never want
To love again
But sorrow always comes
To those with fickle fame
And the tears are gonna come
The tears are gonna come
We are consumed by corruption
Old before our time
Hurt by others' hunger
Scarred by love as greed (how I need)
How cruel the birthday of 17
Youth behind you
The long years ahead
Showing you what you might have been
Instead of drifting, drifting, drifting
And the tears are gonna come
The tears are gonna come
Foundations crumble
Walls subside
We all break apart
When there's heartache inside
Hold back those years
Those tears
With a futile pride (we're gonna come clean)
Beware of love
And of dark-eyed men
They're sweet and they're tender
But they have no hearts
Just long smashed
Cruel shards of broken glass
And the tears are gonna come
The tears are gonna come
And all those songs
That made me cry
Keep flooding back
And years of new discovery and you
Disturbing my dreams
Now we're flowing down that river
Heading for the delta
I don't know which way to flow
But my heart's a forest fire
And yours a field of snow
I don't know which way to flow
Don't know which way
Don't know which way
Well, the river came to me, and it washed us all away.
Someone is chasing me and noted where I used to stay.
And I feel as I've been here many times before.
As I kneel and I pick up the pieces on the floor.
And you ask me in a voice, that is quiet, that is
strong:
"Tell me of a place where the living don't belong."
I remember falling to the other side.
I remember leaving my body behind.
But the river pulled me away,
Before I got a chance to say what I say.
And under the jacket I did lay.
And the Christmas lights, they come from nowhere.
I had visions often of rivers,
No, I didn't know their names.
I had visions, notwithstanding in the heart of it all.
And you ask me to tell you:
"Oh, what people might we become?"
Tell me of the dying we have done.
But the river pulled me away,
Before I got a chance to say what I say.
And under the jacket I did lay.
And the Christmas lights, they came from nowhere.
Oh, and under the river I stay.
I won't get the chance to say what I say.
Under the jacket, I will lay.
And the Christmas lights, they come from nowhere.
And the Christmas lights, they come from nowhere.
Hello...
This is for the ones they left behind
This is for the colour of a new design
This is for the lovers when their love has died
This is for the hurt that dug deep inside
This is for the river where addiction flows
This is for the battle only hatred knows
This is for the bullet flying from my gun
This is for the mile still left to run
The beating heart that bleeds - The one that always needs
My beating heart still bleeds - How long 'til I'll be free?
You're not alone
You're not alone
You're not alone
We can get out of here
This is for the ship that never sailed
This is for the hammer that hit the nails
This is for the ones who thought we'd fail
This is for the bomb they found in your mail
This is for the ones who never got to know me
This is for the hope that fails when I'm lonely
This is for the struggle to turn the tables
This is for believing that you are able
The beating heart that bleeds - The one that always needs
My beating heart still bleeds - How long 'til I'll be free?
You're not alone
You're not alone
You're not alone
We can get out of here
This time it's going to be different - This time I'm going to stay
This time it's going to be better - I won't throw it all away
You're not alone
You're not alone
You're not alone
We can get out of here
It doesn't have to be like this - You don't have to play
So what you're really trying to say
Is you don't want me to stand in your way
Is that all that you feel right now
My Dear, I wish that you would understand
Sometimes things just go out of hand
And some things just happen somehow
For a shred of hope you would follow the devil
For a sense of bliss you would sell all of your dreams
For a trace of love we may lose mind completely
And there is not a lot that we can do
Is there nothing that we could do...
Are we caught up in that river's flow
And for every new way that we go
Do we have to leave something behind
My Dear, it's that river that gives and that takes
So for every new turn that it makes
We lose one thing but another we find
For a shred of hope...
How many times did I wish I could just end this pain
That I could go back in time
To where it began and then start again
Well, if we could so, it would be so easy to make amends
But the river doesn't stand still
And the river just gives no second chance
Let's go sit down by the river
Me and my best friend
I see tents and smoke in the distance
I see acres of lands between me and fear
We're walking down towards the river
Me and my best friend
And as I dip myself into the water
Free myself of all that is tense
For these moments, I digress
You know
You know
You know just where to find me
You know
You know
Paint me a picture of a river and let it flow just let it flow it will flow and wash away our differences and love will grow
You have the power to deliver so let it flow When I dip my hand into your water I feel your soul
Nafikiliya Koruba Shamba Nafikiliya Koruba Shamba
I'll do the fire by your river of metled stone you can drink the silver of my moonlight as our fire burns the fire burns
I'll slide inside your slient water like polished stone then break the surface with a shiver while the river flows
Nafikiliya Koruba Shamba Nafikiliya Koruba Shamba
Paint me a picture of the river and let it flow let it flow all across the deserts and the mountains we'll let it go let it go
Lose your way and we can stay out all night
Lose your keys and we can't go home
In a little time In a little gin
We can touch hands again
Lose your head
Lose your warhead
Wrote a song for a room I left long ago
It was my home It was my hell
Now the girl the lives there
She's an exotic
She's a drunk
Leaves her clothes off
When it rains
Run to the river
She carry me
She run me
All the way down
To the floor Where it's warm
And dirty like a river
My whole Hell
Carry me
No run me
All the way down to the river
All I want is to be worthy of my
Hands, but she's got plans
Dirty like a river
(You can't) run me down
[Verse 1 : Slug]
It was a purple-purple sky and an orange-orange moon
And everyone was whistling the same damn tune
Except Brian, Brian staired out across the field
And watch the horizon blossom to cop a field
Over the edge of the world
The one they're all afraid to walk
Ration out the why they're so high on the small talk
But Brian knows where the crows all go
To find the if's, and the and's and the but's and
also's
Chorus:
If I could run through the woods, and speed like the
light
I?d find the answers to why, and be back by tonight
If I could fly through the fog and look at this rock
I?d figure out how to keep Hell off of my block
But as it stands, I stay content
Tryin? to be the magic man, and pay my rent
Wishing that Brian would turn me on to the secrets he
sought
While we keep burning the dawn, just to keep the day
[Verse 2 : Slug]
If I could ask you one question, I?d ask where you went
You could teach me a lesson every time I got bent
But the alcohol don?t make me forget about it all
Doesn?t matter the season the leaves can still fall
They slipped hidden messages within the cards that were
dealt
I understand myself and all of the sorrow I felt
For as simple as I'am how'd it get so complex
Got me studying the margins and disregarding the text
I open the curtins and listen to the traffic go
But I still get nervous each time my peace passes go
The residue is thick and the memory fails
I still laugh cuz the path feels a lot like a trail
Chorus:
If I could run through the woods, and speed like the
light
I?d find the answers to why, and be back by tonight
If I could fly through the fog and look at this rock
I?d figure out how to keep Hell off of my block
But as it stands, I stay content
Tryin? to be the magic man, and pay my rent
Wishing that Brian would turn me on to the secrets he
sought
While we keep burning the dawn, just to keep the day
[Verse 3 : Slug]
We used to be a couple of pimps walking the hallways
with pride
Drunk or sober, life was nothing short of rollercoaster
rides
Trip to the clubs, now the skull to the rhythm
All we wanted out of life was what was given
And when you passed I wanted to take back the time we
wasted
I'd trade all the buzzes in for one more conversation
We can sit in the shade and discuss the meaning of
sacred
Cause I can't see the garden no more, just the avens
But the wind still blows and the plains still grow
And I wish your name was on the guest list at my shows
I got to beleive you can see me run up on my freedom
Cause you got to meet up with the son before you got to
meet my son
Bridge (x2):
And when I see lightning, feels like my buzz is
heightning
Everytime I feel the sun, I can smell the love
And when I smell the air I can hear a child trying
But everytime I hear a river I think the mother is
Lay down so I donʼt feel so sick,
Get lost and dream Los Angeles,
Wake up when I found the river
Lay low and walk down lazy streets,
With a peace sign cut from a magazine,
Wake up when I found the river,
And Iʼm listening...
Wherever you are when Iʼm on the road,
Weʼre driving back past country homes,
Iʼm calling home for you, for you
This is the last time
So darling close your eyes,
We donʼt say goodbye
So weʼll just say goodnight,
This is the last time
So jump into that fire,
We donʼt say goodbye
Weʼll just say goodnight
Closed eyes I cancel out the green,
Thoughts bounce around like trampolines,
Wake up weʼre next to the river
Sunsets they race down boulevards,
Street lights lit up like dim cigars,
Wake up weʼre back in september
Wherever you are when Iʼm on the road,
Weʼre driving back past country homes,
Iʼm calling home for you, for you
This is the last time
So darling close your eyes,
We donʼt say goodbye
So weʼll just say goodnight,
This is the last time
So jump into that fire,
We donʼt say goodbye
Weʼll just say goodnight
No, No...
No, No...
Wherever you are when Iʼm on the road,
We donʼt have to feel alone,
Iʼm calling home for you, for you
Lay down so I donʼt feel so sick,
Wake up to see you once again
And this is the last time
So darling close your eyes,
We donʼt say goodbye
So weʼll just say goodnight,
This is the last time
So jump into that fire,
So jump into that fire,
A silhouette in the light
A face hidden beneath a bone veil
The winds sound like a distant voice
A wolf in sheep's clothing
A martyr beneath a mirror
Every whisper i hear
Every breath down the back of my neck
Senses can be fooled so easily
But this runs deeper
This is in my bones
Counting down the days
Dragging out the weight
Blurred lines evade the light
A wolf in sheep's clothing
A martyr's disguise
Every whisper i hear
Every breath down the back of my neck
Senses can be fooled so easily
But this runs deeper
This is in my bones
I could have sworn you lay in the ground
In my sight
Yet so far out of reach
Take this misery
Drown in with my memories
So they can never be found
Follow the river down
To where the waves break
I just watched the waters rise
I walked with the river in kind of a dream
Hand in hand, the all-knowing river and me
To the clamour of rushes and deeply barren trees
A drunk making blossom, the blush to be seen
I told him my sorrows and broken-down dreams
Confessed every lie, replayed every scene
He openly wept as he listened to me
So what you're really trying to say
Is you don't want me to stand in your way
Is that all that you feel right now
My Dear, I wish that you would understand
Sometimes things just go out of hand
And some things just happen somehow
For a shred of hope you would follow the devil
For a sense of bliss you would sell all of your dreams
For a trace of love we may lose mind completely
And there is not a lot that we can do
Is there nothing that we could do...
Are we caught up in that river's flow
And for every new way that we go
Do we have to leave something behind
My Dear, it's that river that gives and that takes
So for every new turn that it makes
We lose one thing but another we find
For a shred of hope...
How many times did I wish I could just end this pain
That I could go back in time
To where it began and then start again
Well, if we could so, it would be so easy to make amends
But the river doesn't stand still
And the river just gives no second chance
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