You keep closing your eyes   Trying to ignore it, hoping it'll disappear   Face to face with your own Goliath   At least that's how it looks from here   All the stones you can throw won't scare it away      Pacing back and forth, trying to think of something   To get you to the other side   The path of your fear runs in all directions   When you're looking for a place to hide   But you know the one you've gotta take      There's no way around a river baby   Wade on in the deep   When you can't go any further   Hold on to me      And if it pulls you under I'll be there too   There's no way around a river baby   It's just something you've gotta go through      The troubles you face, the wounds you're protecting   The sins that you wrestle with   We all have our share we'd like to get over   Sometimes there's just no bridge   And the very thing that makes us afraid   Is just what we need to wash it away      There's no way around a river baby   Wade on in the deep   And when you can't go any further   Hold on to me      And if it pulls you under I'll be there too   There's no way around a river, baby   It's just something you've gotta go through      That's the way it is so just wade on in   I'll see you on the other side   No way around it, no way around a river baby   Wade on in, wade on in      And if it pulls you under, I'll be there too   There's no way around a river, baby   It's just something you've gotta go through      Oh yes it is, yes it is   Oh, no way around it   No way around a river baby   Wade on in, wade on in, yeah, yeah