Jason Charles Miller - The River Lyrics

Kneelin' down by the river, another day panning for gold

Can't even remember what I got to sell my soul



Well it's all kinda blurry, can't see through the haze

So I'm down on my knees just praying for better days



Well I know it wasn't love, and I know it wasn't money

Might as well have been the liquor cause my head feels kinda funny



And I know it wasn't strength, and I know it wasn't power

Cause I'm going blind getting weaker by the hour



Oh it must have been the river

Cause it keeps on calling me back home

Back home



Every ripple's just another memory, every wave's another sweet song

Bout the years gone by and the tales of right or wrong



So looked into the water

Yeah I looked down deep

Then the darkness looked back and said, Your soul is mine to keep!



So I jumped into that shameful cold

Wrestled old man river for my sinful soul

As he dragged me to the bottom

I lost my last breath

Then I put him in a stranglehold
And I drug him up out of that deep dark cold

And ripped my spirit from his withered hands



Oh, oh



Oh, you can't trust that river

If it's callin' you best just walk on by

Walk on by



Kneelin' down by the river, crawlin' away from the shore

Ain't gonna turn my back on the river no more