River, river carry me on   Living river carry me on   River, river carry me on   To the place where I come from      So deep, so wide, will you take me on your back for a ride   If I should fall, would you swallow me deep inside      River, show me how to float   I feel like I'm sinking down   Thought that I could get along   But here in this water   My feet won't touch the ground   I need something to turn myself around      Going away, away towards the sea   River deep, can you lift up and carry me   Oh roll on though the heartland   'Til the sun has left the sky   River, river carry me high   'Til the washing of the water make it all alright   Let your waters reach me like she reached me tonight      Letting go, it's so hard   The way it's hurting now   To get this love untied   So tough to stay with thing   'Cause if I follow through   I face what I denied   I get those hooks out of me   And I take out the hooks that I sunk deep in your side   Kill that fear of emptiness, loneliness I hide      River, oh river, river running deep   Bring me something that will let me get to sleep   In the washing of the water will you take it all away   Bring me something to take this pain away