I didn't want to say it in this way   I didn't want to see the day I'd say these words to you   I didn't want have to explain   Sometimes heroes have to lose      It's killing me to see you cry   Would it make it any better if I told you I did it all for you   It was just another roll of the dice, just another star in the sky   Tried to touch it but I couldn't fly      Everybody knows the promise of the river   And everybody goes with the fire in their eyes   Everybody knows you can lead a horse to water   But there's nothing anybody can do, rivers run dry      Gonna have to go away   I always told you that a man has got to face his own mistakes   Sometimes you get a lucky break   Sometimes your winning streak will stay   Sometimes you gotta pay      Everybody knows the promise of the river   Everybody goes with the fire in their eyes   Everybody knows you can lead a horse to water   But there's nothing anybody can do when the rivers run dry      Oh, I remember when the rivers ran high   Oh, and we could make it to the other side   Make it to the other side      Everybody knows the promise of the river   Everybody goes with the fire in their eyes   And everybody knows you can lead a horse to water   But there's nothing anybody can do, oh there's nothing anybody can do   There's nothing anybody can do when the rivers run dry   When the rivers run dry