I Walk Beside the River

I walk beside the river when the sky turns grey

Where the willows lean and the robins pray

No more fightin, no more flame

Just the sound of the water and the whisper of names

I lay down burdens I used to defend

Old regrets and long-lost friends

The current don't ask what I've done before

Just carries my shadow along the shore

I walk beside the river, slow and kind

Leavin' behind what I can't rewind

No need to run, no need to roam

I'm closer now to goin' home

I see my mother in the autumn light

Hear my father's laugh on a quiet night

They're not gone, just far upstream

Waitin' where the water meets the dream

And if my voice fades with the breeze

Let the river remember the song in me

I gave what I had, I took what I learned

And left my sins in the water to burn

I walk beside the river, slow and kind

Leavin' behind what I can't rewind

No need to run, no need to roam

I'm closer now to goin' home