A Body in the River Lyrics

Moonlight cuts through the cypress trees

Silver ripples on a blackened stream

A secret heavy in the reeds

No one's seen, but someone's seen

The river don't lie, the river don't sleep

It carries the weight of the ones who sink deep

There's a body in the river, just below the bend

Whispered in the tavern, carried on the wind

Some folks pray and some just run

But the water don't forget what the wicked have done

Old man Turner locked his door

Said the night ain't safe no more

The preacher mumbled through his gin

Boy, the devil knows where you've been

There's a body in the river, just below the bend

Whispered in the tavern, carried on the wind

Some folks pray and some just run

But the water don't forget what the wicked have done

You can bury a secret, you can bury a name

But the river keeps callin', just the same

Moonlight fades, the town goes still

But the river moves, and it always will