She said that time is unfair   To a woman her age   Now that wisdom has come   Everything else fades   She realizes she's seen better days   She said she can't look back   To her days of youth   What she thought were lies   She later found was truth   She said her daddy had dreams   But he drank them away   And her mother's to blame   For the way she is today      Life's river shall rise   She said   And only the strong shall survive   She said   But I'm feeling quite weak   She said   Will you comfort and forgive me?   She said      She said she's still searching   For Salvation's light   Yeah she wishes all day   And then she prays all night   She said she won't speak of love   'Cause love she's never known   And it's moments like these   She hates to be alone      Life's river shall rise   She said   And only the strong shall survive   She said   But I'm feeling quite weak   She said   Will you comfort and forgive me?   She said      Forgive me   She said   Forgive me   She said