Kingsley Flood - Waiting On the River to Rise Lyrics
Wake well past midnightto the burden of billsand the screaming quietWe swam along just finethen she broke her backand a bank broke mineNow I’m at the kitchen table putting numbers on the paper and dodging the mirror on the wallAnd I swear I’d drive til the sun gave light, I need just a little push is allAnd I’d build my boat so tall so wide, but I’m still waiting on the river to riseI was born by the bookI keep my carpet cleanAnd my money earnedWhy is the TV manalways smiling at meI wonder who he burnedHow come everybody for the common man never looks quite like meThey’re running on the sun with their shoes undone and they never seem to burn their feetAnd I’d build my boat so tall so wide, but I’m still waiting on the river to riseScratch tickets on my shelfStains on my kneesPennies in my wellI got faith in faithBecause the other choiceIs no choice at allNow there’s a man in the sky that I done right by and he ain’t done right by meAnd I never asked forgiveness for the things I done but you just wait and seeI will build my boat so tall so wide and I won’t be waiting on the river to riseNo I won’t be waiting on the river to rise
