RAISE THE RIVER

Well I don’t know how you met him but he lives on the other side

And like any divine fool my mouth was open not my eyes

But there’s one last card and one last chance

But it’s too early to tell

And now it’s up to God to help me and nobody else

I got to raise the river to keep you on my side

And I gotta raise the river To keep my last chance alive

‘Cause if you touch him tonight Your last thought of me will fly

And I don’t know why he draws you but the pulls to great to bear

And just knowin’ that he’s this close his breathin’ fouls my air

But I might be the man to change your course If there’s any course to change

‘Cause I know I can cry all night and the river waits for rain

I got to raise the river to keep you on my side

And I gotta raise the river To keep my last chance alive

‘Cause if you touch him tonight Your last thought of me will fly

Will you take what I gave you will you lock it away

But you’ll have to forgive me if I don’t want to watch it I don’t want to watch it slip away

Now I’m out here on this porch and the night is comin’ soon

As I watch her board the ferry I know I didn’t hang the moon

And there’s no more chances There’s no more hope

there’s indifference in her eyes

It’ll take more than thunder and lightnin’

It’ll take more than the river to rise

I got to raise the river to keep you on my side

And I gotta raise the river To keep my last chance alive

‘Cause if you touch him tonightYour last thought of me will fly