From the recording The River (Dance Mix)
Lyrics
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<p>THE RIVER</p>
<p>The rain comes down tonight</p>
<p>It drowns my world and hides my pain</p>
<p>I couldn’t make it right</p>
<p>A passion I could not sustain</p>
<p>The clouds roll in and then it starts</p>
<p>The river rises in my heart</p>
<p>If you could look at me</p>
<p>It should be plain to see that</p>
<p>The tears that fill my eyes</p>
<p>Are the ones I shed for</p>
<p>The memory of our love</p>
<p>A feeling like no other</p>
<p>So baby turn away</p>
<p>As my heart cries out for you</p>
<p>The water fills my soul</p>
<p>Perhaps to wash away my sin</p>
<p>The struggle to be whole</p>
<p>The hope redemption will begin</p>
<p>I raise my hands for help from Heaven</p>
<p>But darkness comes it rains again – comin’ down again</p>
<p>Despair has left me blind</p>
<p>The river runs and races</p>
<p>Erodes the stone that I</p>
<p>Once thought was my heart</p>
<p>If you could hear my voice</p>
<p>You’ll hear the song I’m singing</p>
<p>So baby close this door</p>
<p>And you’ll see no more of me</p>
<p>If I dry my tears</p>
<p>I would see your face once again</p>
<p>If I face my fears</p>
<p>I would see your eyes, and</p>
<p>Hear you cry, and</p>
<p>Feel your sadness too</p>
<p>So baby say goodbye</p>
<p>If it’s not now, it’s never</p>
<p>No need to see me cry and prolong this sadness</p>
<p>Don’t even need to try</p>
<p>Our story ends forever</p>
<p>I’ll leave my heart behind</p>
<p>And I will not follow</p>
<p>So turn your eyes from me</p>
<p>It’s time to walk away now</p>
<p>Too late to try again</p>
<p>And to find redemption</p>
<p>Let go of what we had</p>
<p>And let me take a last look</p>
<p>And let this river run</p>
<p>As it takes my heart from you</p>
<p>So baby say goodbye</p>
<p>If it’s not now, it’s never</p>
<p>No need to see me cry and prolong this sadness</p>
<p>Don’t even need to try</p>
<p>Our story ends forever</p>
<p>I’ll leave my heart behind</p>
<p>And I will not follow you</p>
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<p>And I will not follow you</p>
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