[Verse]
Old Man Rivers don’t sleep no more
Pacing the banks 'til his feet turn sore
He whispers secrets to the moonlit tide
But the water swallows every word he’s cried
[Chorus]
Oh Rivers he runs and he tears the ground
Carving lives without a sound
Fast and rabid like a wolf in the night
Old Man Rivers won’t see the light
[Verse 2]
He drags the ghosts of the days long gone
Pulls 'em with chains til the break of dawn
His face is carved like the rocks he’s torn
Tides keep rising but his soul’s worn
[Bridge]
The wind screams songs he’ll never claim
The stars burn cold they forget his name
And yet he flows like a bleeding vein
Old Man Rivers knows only pain
[Chorus]
Oh Rivers he runs and he tears the ground
Carving lives without a sound
Fast and rabid like a wolf in the night
Old Man Rivers won’t see the light
[Verse 3]
He’ll flood your love and bury the land
Hold your breath he don’t understand
No mercy lives in his steady rush
Old Man Rivers lives in the hush