Down to the River-Brown Bird

[ti:Down to the River] [ar:Brown Bird] [al:The Devil Dancing] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Down to the River - Brown Bird [00:07.75]Lord I can't feed the baby mama's sick and in bed [00:11.40]I've got a world full of worry running wild in my head [00:15.43]I spent all my money just to make ends meet [00:19.23]I'm begging Lord won't you send me relief [00:21.83] [00:22.76]There ain't nobody in this world [00:24.68]Who'd bet a dime on anybody like me [00:27.27] [00:30.33]So I went down to the river of insufferable sins [00:34.34]Lord I tried but the water wouldn't let me come in [00:37.96]Too many lives have been broken [00:40.77]There's too much blood on my hands [00:43.10] [00:45.59]There ain't no water in this world could [00:47.55]Turn me back into an innocent man [00:50.25] [00:53.25]So I made up my mind to find that palace of fire [00:56.98]Surely the Lord's fallen angel understands my desire [01:00.97]He's been defiled and defeated still he never gives in [01:04.68]I know he'll help me on my feet once again [01:07.43] [01:08.28]Can't no soul in this whole world but [01:10.45]Satan understand the state that I'm in [01:13.00] [01:15.93]But I went down to the fires of insufferable sin [01:19.88]Lord I tried but the devil wouldn't let me come in [01:23.71]Unholy trust has been broken [01:26.23]He don't know on which side I stand [01:28.61] [01:31.08]There ain't no room among the [01:32.63]Damned for such a broken and a penitent man [01:35.87] [01:39.61]And then my good woman rises from her sickness in bed [01:45.89] [01:46.47]Puts her hands on my thighs and plants a kiss on my head [01:52.34]Says if the water won't have ya if the devil's too blind [01:58.52]I know that truly you were meant to be mine [02:02.58] [02:04.67]And then she takes me by the hand and shows me [02:08.65]How to leave my worries behind [02:10.83] [02:13.79]I've been down to the river of insufferable sins [02:17.71]Lord I tried but the water wouldn't let me come in [02:21.49]Too many lives have been broken [02:24.15]There's too much blood on my hands [02:26.51] [02:28.93]Only one soul in this whole world [02:30.77]Would have me just the goddamned way that I am