Sixteen summers Called out a lifetime Tried fifteen weeks in A culture of boy I'm not with fear A down on my board The people change But the face is done The screams of the those who won't Life goes on nothing but A back down here And I'll scream It could all be over And no one ever sees me on The face that keeps him safely in Thank God for the river And don't walk the Sidewalk sweat but No one gives a damn Could it be those things We took for granted When we followed The way of our hearts All of those times We could have over I guess you'd have to reconcile The bitter bit of self denial But we wouldn't care there a Not for that you That always will remain Down here in up our street There's evil in the air You say you don't believe it But look at the red in Those springtime blues Thank God for the river And stone walls The sidewalks west but No one gives a damn