Waiting On the River to Rise

Wake well past midnight To the burden of bills And the screaming quiet We swam along just fine Then she broke her back And a bank broke mine Now I'm at the kitchen table putting numbers on the paper and dodging the mirror on the wall And I swear I'd drive til the sun gave light, I need just a little push is all And I'd build my boat so tall so wide, but I'm still waiting on the river to rise I was born by the book I keep my carpet clean And my money earned Why is the TV man Always smiling at me I wonder who he burned How come everybody for the common man never looks quite like me They're running on the sun with their shoes undone and they never seem to burn their feet And I'd build my boat so tall so wide, but I'm still waiting on the river to rise Scratch tickets on my shelf Stains on my knees Pennies in my well I got faith in faith Because the other choice Is no choice at all Now there's a man in the sky that I done right by and he ain't done right by me And I never asked forgiveness for the things I done but you just wait and see I will build my boat so tall so wide and I won't be waiting on the river to rise No I won't be waiting on the river to rise