The River (Album Version)

I was born by a river
 Rolling past a town
 Given no direction
 Just told to keep my head down
 As I took my position
 A man fired a gun
 I was so steeped in tradition
 That I could not run
 I was raised by a river
 Weaned upon the sky
 And in the mirror of the waters
 I saw myself learn to cry
 As my tears hit the surface
 I saw what had been done
 I gave feet to my freedom
 And I did run
 Someday later
 I saw the writing in the dust
 It told me how I should travel
 It told me who I was
 I ran far from the river
 Far as I could see
 And as the sun hit my shoulders
 I felt it burning me
 How I longed for the waters
 As the fire raged
 How I longed for the river
 As I aged
 I will die by a river
 As it rolls away
 Bury me in the nighttime
 Do not waste the day
 High above the waters
 That roll on to the sea
 All the angels in heaven will
 Laugh at me
 They will laugh at me
 My life was naught but a river
 Rolling through my brain
 Made of so many teardrops
 Made of so much pain