The Riverflow

Well, I met you in '82

Over a crate of beer and not a few

I cracked a can and so did you

We're gonna change the world

The ghetto kinds of downside town

The estates and parks our hallowed ground

Do anything that we found

And on the river flowed

Oh, and you'd take a drink from the Reverend Jimmy Jones

Yeah, you'd cross the street on the path the gunman roams

Thrown aside and left to waste, yeah that was you, you knew your place

You wander 'round, get off your face, on the river flowed

Whoa, and on and on the river flows

And we, the undertow

And on and on the river flows

And we, the undertow, hey

Oh, I don't know how you made it through

All the smoke and brew you do

But it sure has left its mark on you

But you're still with us today

Life goes on and round we go

And words can kill the things I know

Often you cut me deeply so

But on the river flows

Oh, you'd set the table for the barber Sweeney Todd

Yeah, you'd clip the wings off of any rising God

Man can't live on hope alone

It can be cut, all that was grown

Broke your spirits, but not your bones

And on the river flows

Oh, and on and on the river flows

And we, the undertow

On and on, the river flows

And we, the undertow

You're working now, you're forced to race

I know it's left a bitter taste

But, the rising tide has covered your face

So there's nothing you can do

But, I still remember the day you said

That the river flowing through my head

Would take me so far and leave me dead

And all you said was true, yeah

On and on, and on and on

And on, and on and on

On and on, and on and on

The river went on

On and on, and on and on

On and on, and on and on

And on the river flowed

Whoa