Hey you, pushing the river   With the world there on your shoulders   Don't you remember a single thing   The good book told you?      Hey you, treading the water   With your head dipping out of the clouds   Sinking down, down, down, down   Waving to the old crowd      And they send these things to try us   And try us they do (oh oh)   Don't push the river, don't push the river   Don't push the river, let it carry you      I know that I'm a fine one   To be talking this way   I've been dragging the whole darn world   Behind me all day      No-one said it would be easy   And they never warned how hard   And I've been licking brand new wounds   And tending old scars      And they send these things to try us   And try us they do (oh oh)   Don't push the river, don't push the river   Don't push the river, let it carry you      Over the endless troubles, over the trying times   These are the words of wisdom from a restless mind      Don't push the river, don't push the river   Don't push the river, let it carry you   Don't push the river, don't push the river   Don't push the river, let it carry you