Jeffrey Lewis

The River
1) Jeff: I was dreaming Of a mountain In the sky Above the flood And the forest And the city And the river Made of blood 2) Diane: Baptist guy keeps getting closer tries to pull me down to the river Have I been such a wayward daughter? Hold my head Under the water 3) Jeff (simultaneously with Diane) Take my hand now We'll go walking On that mountain Above the flood In the forest SongtexteI'll make a corn you(?) Put it in the River of blood 3) Diane (Simultaneously with Jeff) Then I started shouting I felt like I was drowning Baptist he keeps on cleansing My hands they keep on grabbing His hair a tangled mess He smacks me across the chest What have I done then father? You've been a wayward daughter 4) Diane: Left behind on the river bank Left behind in the mud it sankBaptist guy I gotta thank you For the bath though I didn't want to. 5) Jeff (simultaneously with Diane); When the ocean Becomes a river Every spirit Of every man Will rise up and We will recall that We are all but One blood again 5) Diane (simultaneously with Jeff): I feel the harsh demands Made by the baptist's hands He bends me across his knee I'm backwards I cannot see There's filth streaming out of me There's water rushing over me (Instrumental bit) 6) Jeff (simultaneous with Diane): I was dreaming Of a mountain In the sky Above the flood And the forest And the city And the river Made of blood 7) Diane (simultaneous with Jeff): Baptist guy keeps getting closer tries to pull me down to the river Have I been such a wayward daughter? Hold my head Under the water 8) Diane: Then he started shouting I felt like I was drowning Baptist he keeps on cleansing My hands they keep on grabbing His hair a tangled mess He smacks me across the chest What have I done then father? You've been a wayward daughter 9) Jeff (simultaneously with Diane) Take my hand now We'll go walking On that mountain Above the flood In the forest I'll make a corn you Put it in the River of blood 9) Diane: Left behind on the river bank Left behind in the mud he sank Baptist guy I got to thank you For the bath though I didn't want to. 10) Diane I feel the harsh demands Made by the baptist's hands He bends me across his knee I'm backwards I cannot see There's filth streaming out of me There's water rushing over me 11) Jeff When the river becomes an ocean And every spirit Of every man 12) Jeff and Diane together: We will rise up And recall that We are all but One blood again Aus Songtexte Mania