Deliverance River Run

Hey, come on!

We headed out before the sun

Four men, one boat, all poor fun

I packed a grin and a crooked prayer

That water looked clean, but danger lived there

Old pines leaned in, the current ran fast

Every bend felt like a memory past

One banjo note and the woods went still

Like the whole damn hill had a mind to kill

Heard that fiddle start to scream

Then the river split my dream

Hands came up, hearts took flight

I knew this trip might buy tonight

River run, river run

You can't outrun what you've done

River run, river run

Say my name and then you run

Hey now, hey now

Hold that rope, don't let it go

River run, river run

That water knows

We found a road where the grass grew thin

A cabin face with a heart-set grin

One wrong look and the air went cold

Some things in the woods ain't meant to hold

I watched my friend with a shaking jaw

Watch that

turn into law

The hills gave back what we brought in fear

And every lost step rang loud and clear

Clap your hands, keep pace with me

There's no map for what you see

The creek got dark, the sky got low

And the whole wide world said, go, go, go

River run

River run

You can't outrun what you've done

River run, river run

Say my name and then you run

Hey now, hey now

Hold that rope, don't let it go

River run, river run

That water knows

When the moon sat pale on the moving black

I felt the old life peeling back

Not every man gets to come back clean

Not every wound is ever unseen

River run, river run

You can't outrun what you've done

River run, river run

Say my name and then you run

Hey now, hey now

Hold that rope, don't let it go

River run, river run

You can't outrun what you've done

River run, river run

'Til the last band let it go