We Treat Each Other Cruel

Take it to the river but the river don't flow

We gonna die 'cause the river ain't home

Oh why we treat each other cruel

We treat each other cruel

I don't want to learn the lessons you teach

You don't even speak the language that I speak

Oh why we treat each other cruel

We treat each other cruel

I was standing out in the middle of the night

I was standing out by the river

I was standing out by the water in the night

And I wonder if it would be better

If we all were the same

Well, what you want to thank me coming after me?

So damn mad I can't even see

Right, we treat each other cruel

We treat each other cruel

Well, break my head and call me wild

Keep your hands off the soul of my children

We treat each other cruel

We treat each other cruel