My birth day
came a day too late
Cause my old man could not cheat fate
He was wrapped in pride
and never wanted to wait
But another night, another song
Won't pour me one,
it's been too long
Don't let's stay and talk a while
about our past
Ain't it just bittersweet
How the river rolls
The services were short and sweet
Beautiful but incomplete
The faces in the crowd
seemed so at peace
I didn't think I'd see her there
Didn't occur to me she would care
She was standing in the stained
glass sun just crying
She's here today
and she'll be gone tomorrow
It's how the river rolls
Woke up all night writing songs
Doing my best to get along
But sometimes you are safer
when you're wrong
And I swear I did my best that day
Tried so hard to pull away
Nobody wants to hear you
when you're down
It's relentless
How the river rolls
Oh
He was slain, I should have waited
That lonesome wind crept up again
I prayed for it to stop and it began
And the rain came down like a hurricane
In my head it was just the same
I remembered all the night
s I spent alone
And I found cold comfort
in how the river rolls
Oh, rhinestone girls do it, said soon
She said it like I already knew
Yes, I said, you know I love the view
And then she grabbed me by my hand
Or let me through the partisan
And we stare for a while at the moon
So damn beautiful
How the river rolls
So damn beautiful
How the river rolls
Thank for watching.