Down To The River

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Lord I can't feed the baby, mama's 
sick and in bed
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I've got a world full of worry 
running wild in my head
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I spent all my money just to make 
ends meet
I'm begging Lord won't you send me 
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relief
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There ain't nobody in this world 
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who'd bet a dime on anybody like me
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So I went down to the river of 
insufferable sins
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Lord I tried but the water wouldn't 
let me come in
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Too many lives have been broken
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There's too much blood on my hands
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Ain't no water in this world could
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 turn me back into an innocent man
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So I made up my mind to find that 
palace of fire
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Surely the Lord's fallen angel 
understands my desire
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He's been defiled and defeated still
 he never gives in
I know he'll help me on my feet once
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 again
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Ain't no soul in this whole world 
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but Satan understand the state that
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 I'm in

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But I went down to the fires of 
insufferable sin
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Lord I tried but the devil wouldn't 
let me come in
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Unholy trust has been broken
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He don't know on which side I stand
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There ain't no room among the 
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damned for such a broken and a 
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penitent man

(Half time)
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And then my good woman rises from 
her sickness in bed
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Puts her hands on my thighs and 
plants a kiss on my head
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Says if the water won't have ya, if 
the devil's too blind
I know that truly you were meant to 
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be mine
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And then she takes me by the hand 
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and shows me how to leave my 
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worries behind

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I went down to the river of 
insufferable sins
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Lord I tried but the water wouldn't 
let me come in
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Too many lives have been broken
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There's too much blood on my hands
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Only one soul in this whole world 
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would have me just the goddamned 
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way that I am