There's a river, here's my bones, look at all those river stones
forming patterns on the shore, of the man I was before

Clothes now dripping off the line, stubborn sun don't want to shine
if I could turn it back don't know, I don't know what I'd forego

oh no oh no

She's the girl with the spools of thread, colors always in her head
She's the one with the crooked grin, and thoughts all waiting to begin

cnd I'm the boy in the chestnut trees, I'm the boy still on his knees
I'm the one in the crumpled clothes , I'm the boy who comes and goes

Oh no oh no
Oh momma I'm fine, don't worry all the time.

Oh that fire burned so fast, promises they couldn't last
pictures in those wooden frames, faces now don't look the same

cnd all the lessons that we learned, all of that too quickly burned
In the river down below all those ashes floated slow
cll those ashes floated slow

oh no oh no
oh momma I'm fine...sweet river take me home

Rock me river here I am, come on take me back again,
Rock me river, rock me slow, take me where I'm meant to go
With all those ashes floating slow