The River's Workin' (Delta Mix)

The good and the bad always comes from upstream

When it's good it's never as good as it seems

You're either swimmin' or sinkin' and there's no in between

I looked to the river for a whole lot more

Just like my daddy and his daddy before

Waitin' on our dreams to wash up on the shore

We quit school and got married too soon

Convinced ourselves it was the right thing to do

But we knew in our hearts it was cause we had to

When every job on land in this town fell dead

I promised you I'd find something instead

But had nowhere else to turn when somebody said... hey

The river's workin'

Yeah the river's workin'

And if you wanna be a workin' man

You gotta break your back and bruise your hands

So get on board and be glad you can

And forget about the promised land... cause

The river's workin'

I wake up in the mornin' to the engines churnin'

Six hours off and six hours burnin'

Thinkin' bout home and when this boat will be turnin'

Life on a tug is way too slow

When you're fightin' the current and the water's too low

With a thousand more miles and a month to go

I see deckhands and pilots way past their prime

After all these years they still don't have a dime

And we're all gettin' old before our time

But, if you ain't workin' you're just livin' a lie

And if you ain't livin' you're just waitin' to die

So you roll with the flow and you don't ask why... when

The river's workin'

Yeah the river's workin'

And if you wanna be a workin' man

You gotta break your back and bruise your hands

So get on board and be glad you can

And forget about the promised land... cause

The river's workin'

And if you wanna be a workin' man

You gotta break your back and bruise your hands

When you can't do what you want, you do what you can

So forget about the promised land... cause

The river's workin'

You better take it, boy