Rivers Deep

By Oliver Franklin
© 2005 Reeling From The Stitch (ASCAP)

I’ve been crawling through the alley
I’ve been looking high and low
From the mountain to the valley
I ain’t go no place to go
And now this clock ticks out its torture
Can you tell me what it means?
I’ve been dyin’ in the orchard
But I know the garden’s green

I’ve been one to cut and run
But I can hear it calling
It’s all the same, I’ll take the blame
But I can hear it calling
This river’s deep, I never sleep
But I can hear it calling
Life’s a game, I’m sure you’ll all agree
And I hear it calling me

So I cast it down completely
And the canyon closed ahead
And seven cities marched to meet me
Seven crowns atop my head
I burned it off, so don’t for give me
For I never will return
I just hope my dreams outlive me
Until this tomb is overturned

I’ve been one to cut and run
But I can hear it calling
It’s all the same, I’ll take the blame
But I can hear it calling
This river’s deep, I never sleep
But I can hear it calling
Life’s a game, I’m sure you’ll all agree
And I hear it calling me

Let their envy live forever
Let the lost ones get the blues
’cause I’ve grown tired of being clever
and I’ve got nothing left to lose
now there’s vandals at the border
I can hear you all cry war
Your trailer swerved into disorder
And all you want is more more more

I’ve been one to cut and run
But I can hear it calling
It’s all the same, I’ll take the blame
But I can hear it calling
This river’s deep, I never sleep
But I can hear it calling
Life’s a game, I’m sure you’ll all agree
And I hear it calling me