Down to the River -

Lord I can’t feed the baby, mama’s sick and in bed

I’ve got a world full of worry running wild in my head

I spent all my money just to make ends meet

I’m begging Lord won’t you send me relief

There ain’t nobody in this world who’d bet a dime on anybody like me

So I went down to the river of insufferable sins

Lord I tried but the water wouldn’t let me come in

Too many lives have been broken

There’s too much blood on my hands

There ain’t no water in this world could turn me back into an innocent man

So I made up my mind to find that palace of fire

Surely the Lord’s fallen angel understands my desire

He’s been defiled and defeated still he never gives in

I know he’ll help me on my feet once again

Can’t no soul in this whole world but Satan understand the state that I’m in

But I went down to the fires of insufferable sin

Lord I tried but the devil wouldn’t let me come in

Unholy trust has been broken

He don’t know on which side I stand

There ain’t no room among the damned for such a broken and a penitent man

And then my good woman rises from her sickness in bed

Puts her hands on my thighs and plants a kiss on my head

Says if the water won’t have ya, if the devil’s too blind

I know that truly you were meant to be mine

And then she takes me by the hand and shows me how to leave my worries behind

I’ve been down to the river of insufferable sins

Lord I tried but the water wouldn’t let me come in

Too many lives have been broken

There’s too much blood on my hands

Only one soul in this whole world would have me just the goddamned way that I am