Waiting On The River To Rise

Wake well past midnight

to the burden of bills

and the screaming quiet

We swam along just fine

then she broke her back

and a bank broke mine

Now I’m at the kitchen table putting numbers on the paper and dodging the mirror on the wall

And I swear I’d drive til the sun gave light, I need just a little push is all

And I’d build my boat so tall so wide, but I’m still waiting on the river to rise

I was born by the book

I keep my carpet clean

And my money earned

Why is the TV man

always smiling at me

I wonder who he burned

How come everybody for the common man never looks quite like me

They’re running on the sun with their shoes undone and they never seem to burn their feet

And I’d build my boat so tall so wide, but I’m still waiting on the river to rise

Scratch tickets on my shelf

Stains on my knees

Pennies in my well

I got faith in faith

Because the other choice

Is no choice at all

Now there’s a man in the sky that I done right by and he ain’t done right by me

And I never asked forgiveness for the things I done but you just wait and see

I will build my boat so tall so wide and I won’t be waiting on the river to rise

No I won’t be waiting on the river to rise