And they came to the river   And they came from the road   And he wanted the sun   Just to call his own      And they walked on the dirt   And they walked from the road   'Til they came to the river   'Til they came up close      Throw your pain in the river   Throw your pain in the river   Leave your pain in the river   To be washed away slow      And we walked without words   And we walked with our lives   Two silent birds circled by      Like a pain in the river   And the pain in the river   And the white sun scattered   Washed away this slow      And we followed the river   And we followed the road   And we walked through this land   And we called it a home      But he wanted the sun   And I wanted the whole   And the white light scatters   And the sun sets low      Like a pain in the river   Like a pain in the river   Like a white light scatters   To be washed away slow      Like a pain in the river   Like a pain in the river   Like the way life scattered   To be washed away slow