River\'s Gonna Rise

god ain\'t in his heaven

something ain\'t right

i hear church bells ringing

in the middle of the night

they\'re dragging a man by his insides

through the broad daylight

thieves have their season sure

but it\'s getting on midnight

and the river\'s gonna rise

it\'s gonna rise

there\'ll be dancing in the street

when the river done rise

cold wind is blowing

flags flapping much too slow

the monkey men sell paradise

to the girls from tupelo

black shirted boys in the badlands

play machine gun rodeo

the downtown missions packed too tight

with folks that got nowhere to go

but the river\'s gonna rise

it\'s gonna rise

and there\'ll be dancing in the street

when the river done rise

god ain\'t in his heaven

something ain\'t right

the tv newsman smiles and says

the curfew starts tonight

they\'re killing a man from the inside

in the broad daylight

while the propped up puppet wags his head

and watches all the proud things die

but the river\'s gonna rise