Brian Hartt - Deep and Wide Lyrics

I've got words on my left arm
And scars on my right
To remind me of the time I waded
Through a river deep and a river wide

Sometimes I want to hear my
Funeral song, but instead I stare down
At my palms, and I
Trace my lines across my time a river
Deep and a river wide

I carve a little bit deeper every night
With the dulling blade of a serrated knife
Into the banks 'pon which I cried
A river deep and a river wide

I see boats passing in the night
Lanterns just beyond my sight
Like a moth to the flame I chase their shine
Cross a river deep and a river wide

I never agreed to the terms of life
But I guess that's back on the other side
So fate breaks my knees and says "my money please"
As it smiles teeth from above me
So I spill my blood and I sign the line
Of a river deep and river wide

I see the reaper hold his scythe
I say, "listen friend, I'm on your side, you don't have to ask me twice
To cross that river deep and that river wide"

It's about damn time I say goodbye
Put silver coins on both my eyes
I wade on in and let it all float by
On a river deep and a river wide