Riverland Lyrics

I'll drive through the concrete wild and meet you at the bridge

See Indiana through the bars of rain

And laugh at all the lovers, running, taking cover

Remember when we were that way

You'll ask if I heard the news, a fire in Butchertown

Your brother was working, thank God he's okay

But still, it burned all night, factory ruins in daylight

Remember when we were that way

They said I was too young to know those days were over

But that's the goddamn thing, my prophecy still stands

And all this time I spent on getting older

I could have been with you, running reckless hand in hand

Back in Riverland

So are you wiser now, selling cars on Shelbyville Road

Making dad proud, building your little world

Would you want to watch it fall, run away and leave it all

You say you would if you could, for what it's worth

They thought you were too young to know just what you wanted

But how long does it take to know where your soul stands

And all this time you spent on chasing nothing

You could have been with me, sweet slow dancing, drunk and damned

Back in Riverland

I bet I'll haunt the highway till we both go back to dust

I'll be a cross on the side of I-65, plywood and wasted love

And you'll search through the shadows on the dead end streets

For a soul to stop the wound from getting worse

I would if I could, for what it's worth

All this time I spent on getting older

I could have been with you, I could have been with you

Back in Riverland