River Run Dry - David Wilcox

There’s a river down from Ghost Ranch New Mexico

Left by torrents that tore through here long ago

It carved out sculpture and left this show

When the canyon floor is dry

And there’s a river close to home that never seems to flow

Some part of me that couldn’t break the dam below

Just slow turning circles that won’t let go

Waiting just to fly

I can’t wait any longer

With these stones around my heart that keep me shy

So I pray, the river stronger, so I may, before I die

Say goodbye and run like the river run dry

I want to sweat through every pore running faster when it’s hot

And catch up to who I can be and drop the things I’m not

And be sure by the end I gave it all I’ve got

And pray to just hold on

So by the finish line I wouldn’t mind falling like rain

'Stead of saving it for someday, when someday never came

I want to open up early, push against the pain

And feel my heart beat strong

I can’t wait, any longer

There are dreams within my heart I have to try

So I pray the river stronger, so I may, before I die

Say goodbye and run like the river run dry

Let me fall, I can’t wait any longer

With these stones around my heart that keep me shy

So I pray, the river stronger, so I may, before I die

Say goodbye and run like the river run dry