Rivers

We've been nearing closing time since last October

The night is young but we got older

Holding on to hope and pain and misery

Like one last call and that shot of whiskey

Oh, I know you know the silence like the back of your hand

And like that lonely road you're driving me away again

So if I'm leaving when the night is over

Would you call me on my way back home?

Give me a reason for not holding me closer

Or being scared to ever let me go

Cause I've seen the rivers, darling

And I know the way the water flows

Oh, this ain't easy

And it sure as hell ain't gold

Digging through the lows and highs

Trying to find some closure

Of why it was so hard just gettin' to know you

All along you took the side of the enemy

Oh, so when I'm gone

Don't say you miss me

So if I'm leaving when the night is over

Would you call me on my way back home?

Give me a reason for not holding me closer

Or being scared to ever let me go

Cause I've seen the rivers, darling

And I know the way the water flows

Oh, this ain't easy

And it sure as hell ain't gold

I know, you know the silence like the back of your hand

Tell me, does leaving make me less of a man

When you know that I don't want to

So if I'm leaving when the night is over

Would you call me on my way back home?

Give me a reason for not holding me closer

Or being scared to ever let me go

Cause I've seen the rivers, darling

And I know the way the water flows

I can't keep forgiving, ahh yeah

For all of these nights I left alone

Still I keep on coming back to you

And you keep on running like rivers do

And I've seen the rivers

I've seen the rivers run like you