River of Tears

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 a half a mile to the downtown bar That I ran from in disgrace Lord, how long do I have to keep on running Seven hours, seven days or seven years All I know is since you've been gone Feels like I'm drowning in a river Drowning in a river of tears Feels 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 Burn up wish and I gon' hold you One more time to ease the pain But my times 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 And you'll save me from drowning Drowning in a river (drowning) I'm drowning in a river of tears Drowning in a river Feels like I'm drowning Drowning in a river Feels like I'm drowning Lord, how long must this go on I'm drowning in a river of tears