My back is on fire from carrying this weight

The brain that used to fill my skull is lost on the interstate

Heartbreak along the way leaving love a stray the storm that follows in my trail leaves The sky cloudy and gray

Well I am down to go down

Well I am down to go down

Cleanse my soul down by the river

oh I’ve been a sinner

Gonna let that ever-loving light shine in

Oh I’ve been a sinner,

I’m going to change my ways the crude things I say I’ll love one woman for the rest of my days,

Cleanse my soul down by the river

oh I’ve been a sinner

I’ve drank smoked and fucked my fill I’m a sucker for the cheap thrills

Crossed every bridge that I can just to watch it burn down

I’ve set fire to every town in between here and Abilene

Even laid with the devil on an intimate level just to see how she feels

Change my fate what’s the going rate to be welcomed at Heaven’s Gate

I might be late for my souls sake

But tell me what’s the going rate

Bound to go down

Well I’m bound to go down

Cleanse my soul down by the river oh I’ve been a sinner

Gonna let that ever-loving light shine in

Oh I’ve been a sinner,

I’m going to change my ways the crude things I say

Gonna love one woman for the rest of my days,

Cleanse my soul down by the river

oh I’ve been a sinner

Shark of the sea I’m a hunter of land

I’ve seen the darkest in every man

Dirt on my hands fill a beach with sand

I don’t wanna be a bad man

I don’t wanna be a bad man

Hunny I’ve been a bad man

Hunny I’ve been a bad man

Hunny I’ve been a bad man

Bound to go down

Well I’m bound to go down

I’m gonna cleanse my soul down by the river oh I’ve been a sinner

Gonna let that ever loving light shine in

Oh I’ve been a sinner,

Gonna change my ways and the crude things I say

Gonna love one woman for the rest of my days,

Cleanse my soul down by the river

oh I’ve been a sinner

Gonna let that ever-loving light shine in

Oh I’ve been a sinner

Cleanse my soul down by the river oh I’ve been a sinner

Gonna let that ever light shine

I’ve been a sinner

Cleanse my soul

I’ve been a sinner

I’m gonna cleanse my soul down by the river oh I’ve been a sinner

I’m gonna cleanse my soul down by the river oh I’ve been a sinner