River of Sin

The water comes down from the higher ground

And it's carryin' the sin of man

We can't help but get thirsty

Down here where the river is damned

They say good things happen up river

The river it can wash a man clean

But down here the water's just dirty

You can try but it's hard to get up from down stream

But I'll try again

I'll paddle up this river of sin

I'll send up a broken amen

I'll swallow some pride but I won't be denied

'Cause I'll try again and again

If I had a boat for this river

I'd find out just what it all means

I'd go see all those used to be heathens

Come up from the water washed clean

And I'd wash my own sins in that river

But I wonder how much more it can bear

It must be so full of misdoing and shame

I can't see the bottom from here

The water comes down from the higher ground

And it's carryin' the sin of man

We can't help but get thirsty

Down here where the river is damned