If I Was

If I was a poor man

I'd go to the river

She is a rich girl

And she keeps me aligned

She can clean and feed me

As I float down the surface

Her wealth can sustain me

And help me survive

If I was a sad man

I would go to the river

She would push me up

When I jump in

Submerge my mind

Which is that of a wounded soldier

Wash away the blood and mud

As she lets me in

She runs high sometimes, that's fine with me

I will float until my old soul's free

If I was not a sane man

I'd go to the river

She would sit me down

And help me understand

Hypnotize me, therapize me

As I sit by the side tree

She is medication

She gives to those on land

She runs high sometimes, that's fine with me

I will float until my old soul's free

(Ooooooh)

(Ooooooh)

If I was an old man

I'd go to the river

My pain would dissolve as I

Dream weightlessly

I would return the gifts that she has given

She will rinse me back to youth

And set my old soul free

She runs high sometimes, that's fine with me

I will float until my old soul's free

She runs high sometimes, that's fine with me

I will float until my old soul's free