River of Tears Lyrics

River of tears

Sorrow of love

All of these things that are so human

She knows them well enough

Anxious she sleeps

Alone in the night

Tossing and turning to the gunfire

In the pale moonlight

So come away my love

I'll take you by the hand

The world's more full of weeping

Than you can understand

Men talk of peace

All that she's known

Is the peace that you can find

In the time that they take to reload

Justice is done

In heaven or hell

And what's left we make for ourselves

She knows it well

So come away my love

I'll take you by the hand

The world's more full of weeping

Than you can understand

When the world's gone mad

Who tries to understand

When it's all so crazy

You can vanish out of hand

River of tears

Sorrow of man

All of these things that are so human

She tries to understand

There'll be no sleep

No not tonight

Only the echo of the gunfire

In the pale moonlight

So come away my love

I'll take you by the hand

The world's more full of weeping

Than you can understand

The world's more full of weeping

Than you can understand