With downcast eyes the multitudes set    as the cattle cars pulled along the rusty tracks    one raised his hand in the fading light    said excuse me sir this doesn't seem right       and now he's gone like whispers gone like rain    gone like the faithful while the faithless remain    gone like the stone the builder refused    gone and overdue       There's a river in Texas with a strong undertow    no one crosses it to freedom, no one pans for gold    its waters are clear but its waters are cold    its current is swift and no one knows where it goes       it's just gone like whispers gone like rain    gone like the faithful while the faithless remain    gone like the stone the builder refused    gone and overdue    gone and overdue       [harmonica solo]       When a cool desert don't appear on no map    coyote's scream rips the night in half    he hears the devil coming    footsteps on the path    so he chews off his own leg to get out of the trap       and he's gone like whispers gone like rain    gone like the faithful while the faithless remain    gone like the stone the builder refused    gone and overdue    gone and overdue