Good news for beautiful people
Watching the world go by
Make love in the middle of a warzone
Hey, you’re never gonna die
Don’t rock the boat
Keep your head down
You’re just another fool in the crowd
Everybody knows, you could be a winner
Come on and shout it out loud

When the river runs dry
You will return to the scene of the crime
When the river runs dry
Salvation will rain on you one more time
When the river runs dry
When the river runs dry

You got the power
I got the money
Another million miles to run
I’d cry, cry for the future
But I wouldn’t get anything done
Relax, abandon ship
Turn your back on Mother Nature
You got nothing but your soul to sell
You got nothing

When the river runs dry
You will return to the scene of the crime
When the river runs dry
Salvation will rain on you one more time
When the river runs dry
When the river runs dry

Good news for beautiful people
Watching the world go by
Make love in the middle of a warzone
All of God’s children
Are never gonna die

You will return to the scene of the crime
When the river runs dry
Salvation will rain on you one more time
When the river runs dry
You will return to the scene of the crime
When the river runs dry
Salvation will rain on you one more time
When the river runs dry

I’m going home
To where the river runs dry
Salvation will rain on you one more time
I’m going home
You will return to the scene of the crime
When the river runs dry
Salvation will rain on you one more time


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When the River Runs Dry Lyrics as written by Douglas James Falconer Barry John Joseph Palmer

Lyrics © Hipgnosis Songs Group

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