River

(album: Happy Blue - 1998)

It's coming on twilight, and all the world's at ease
They're pulling down the curtains, sailing off to sweet release
Oh I wish I had a river I could skate away on
But me I'm not so quiet I'm restless and I'm mean
I won't let you know I'm bleeding, that I'm crawlin on my knees
Oh I wish I had a river I could skate away on
I wish I had a river so long I would teach my feet to fly
I wish I had a river I could skate away on
I made my baby cry
I tried hard to help her, let her do as she pleased
And I loved her so naughty made her weak in the knees
Oh I wish I had a river I could skate away on
We're so hard to handle we're selfish and we're sad
And we throw away those precious things we work so hard to have
Oh I wish I had a river I could skate away on
I wish I had a river so deep I would swim away from time
I wish I had a river I could skate away on
Do we have to say goodbye
It's coming on daybreak, and everyone's at peace
They're dreaming bout deliverance from the wounds that will not cease
Oh I wish I had a river I could skate away on
But me I'm not so lucky I'm anxious and I'm lean
I've made a tone of money but I can't buy out this scene
Oh I wish I had a river I could skate away on
I wish I had a river so long I would teach my feet to fly
I wish I had a river I skate away on
I have to say goodbye