It's three miles to the river
That would carry me away,
And two miles to
the dusty street
That I saw you on today.
It's four miles to my
lonely room
Where I will hide my face,
And about half a mile to the
downtown bar
That I ran from in disgrace.
Lord, how long have I
got to keep on running,
Seven hours, seven days or seven years?
All I know
is, since you've been gone
I feel like I'm drowning in a river,
Drowning
in a river of tears.
Drowning in a river.
Feel like I'm
drowning,
Drowning in a river.
In three more days, I'll leave this
town
And disappear without a trace.
A year from now, maybe settle
down
Where no one knows my face.
I wish that I could hold
you
One more time to ease the pain,
But my time's run out and I got to
go,
Got to run away again.
Still I catch myself thinking,
One
day I'll find my way back here.
You'll save me from drowning,
Drowning in
a river,
Drowning in a river of tears.
Drowning in a river.
Feels like
I'm drowning,
Drowning in the river.
Lord, how long must this go
on?
Drowning in a river,
Drowning in a river of tears.