Down by the river, by the boat,
Where everybody goes to be alone;
Where you won't see any rising sun;
Down to the river, we will run.
When by the water, we drink to the dregs;
Look at the stones on the river bed.
I can tell from your eyes,
You've never been by the riverside.
Down by the water, the river bed;
Somebody calls you, somebody says,
"Swim with the current and float away,"
Down by the river, everyday.
Oh my God, I see how everything is torn in the river, deep;
And I don't know why I go the way,
Down by the riverside.
When that old river runs past your eyes
To wash off the dirt on the riverside,
Go to the water so very near;
The river will be your eyes and ears.
I walk to the borders on my own
To fall in the water just like a stone,
Chilled to the marrow in them bones.
Why do I go here all alone?
Oh my God, I see how everything is torn in the river, deep;
And I don't know why I go the way,
Down by the riverside.
Oh my God, I see how everything is torn in the river, deep;
And I don't know why I go the way,
Down by the riverside.
Down by the riverside.
Down by the riverside.