The River Won't Flow

MAN 2:

I left my home at fifteen

I wore this very same coat

My mama said, "Son, if you stay on this path,

You'll find a river full of money where the rich fish flow"

I said, "I'll catch me them fish"

And I've searched low and searched high

Well, I've seen more water than Columbus had seen

I found me this lake that was greener than green

I said, "Mama, I know this is what you mean"

But when I bent for a sip, the river ran dry

The river won't flow for me (no no no)

The river won't flow for me (no no no no)

I live my life on the up and up

And this is where I was meant to be

But the river don't

The river won't

Flow for me

MAN 1:

I never had me no house

I never had me no phone

I never had much that I didn't have to go

And fight for the right to call it my own

I don't expect any help

I don't expect nothing free

It's not about being any righteous man

It's not about God and the master plan

It's not about doing the best I can

No, this corner was where I was born to be

'Cause the river won't flow for me (no no no)

The river won't flow for me (no no no no)

It's just one of the little lessons

That I learned on my Mama's knee

The river don't

The river won't

Flow for me

MAN 2, MAN 1, WOMAN 1, & WOMAN 2:

It's all luck,

It's just luck

MAN 2:

There's no way you can rig the game because

MAN 2, MAN 1, WOMAN 1, & WOMAN 2:

It's all luck,

It's just luck

MAN 1:

The sinner and the saint could wind up the same 'cause

MAN 2, MAN 1, WOMAN 1, & WOMAN 2:

It's all luck,

It's just luck

MAN 2, MAN 1:

That decides between the noose and the knife

MAN 2, MAN 1, WOMAN 1, & WOMAN 2: