The River Lyrics

Lately I've been back to the river

Got my hands in the dirt

My own god won't give me no forgiveness

For the things that I've done

Sins of my past have been left in the desert

Slowly dying from thirst

Now they drag me back to the river

Far away from home

Water will wash the sin

Sun will dry my skin

Oh, here I go, on my own, back on the road

Oh, here I go, back to the dues that I used to owe

I am who I am, I am a better man

I am who I am, better down than in the ground, yeah

All these years I've been looking somewhere out there

Searching for someone to blame

The only sinner and the devil I could find, though

Was myself in the shade

Wise men told me there's no good or evil

It's all made up in my mind

The truth is hidden under ever-changing weather

Waiting for it to be found

Water will wash the sin

Sun will dry my river-soaked skin

Oh, here I go, on my own, back on the road

Oh, here I go, back to the dues that I used to owe

I am who I am, I am a better man

I am who I am, better down than in the ground, yeah

(Oh, the river)

(Oh, the river)

(Oh, the river)

(Oh, the river)

(Take me down by the hand to the river)

Ooh, Yeah

(Say a payer and wash your sins)

(Take me down by the hand to the river)

(Ooh, let's go down, down to the river)

Yeah

River, hey

Dive in deep now

River, yeah

Dive in deep now

Yeah

Oh, here I go, on my own, back on the road

Oh, here I go, back to the dues that I used to owe

I am who I am, I am a better man

I am who I am, better down than in the ground

Ooh, the river will wash your sins

Ooh, let's go down, down to the river