River

The river is my savior 'cause she used to be a cloud
She's happy just to lay there when she used to be so proud
And even when she dries up a thousand years from now
I'll lay myself beside her and call her name out loud
The river is my savior, only one I'll ever need
Wash my head when I've been sinnin', wash my knuckles when they bleed
Protect me from my neighbor, all his jealousy and greed
Take the body to the delta, hide the weapon in the weeds
But now I'm tired and a little bit confused
Regarding what I meant to do and what I did
The men I've hired, they all seem to be afraid of me
They turn their eyes away from me like kids
The river hears my secrets, things I cannot tell a soul
Like the children that I've orphaned and the fortune that I stole
The neighbor who asked questions 'til he washed up on the shore
But I've done the law some favors so nobody has to know
Now I'm tired and I just can't get to sleep
I've been a wolf among these sheep for all my life
The lake of fire, it consumes me in my dreams
And last night I woke up screaming at my wife
The river is my savior, she's runnin' to the sea
And to reach her destination is to simply cease to be
And running 'til you're nothing sounds a lot like bein' free
So I'll lay myself inside her and I'll let her carry me