River Child Lyrics - Singles - Red Sky Mary

You escaped the morning 

And left your home 

And went down the river 

Where shadows roam 

You can hear them calling 

As you close your eyes 

And drift off down the river 

Breathe and say goodbye 

(CHORUS) 

Down the river child 

You're gonna find a friend 

Who will take what you want and need? 

And lead you to the end 

Float down the river child 

And you will be condemned 

It takes what you want to be 

You bleed temptation 

And turn the river red 

And now you're drowning reason 

The demons in your head 

It leaves you suffocating 

It will pull you down 

And you can taste the water 

As they watch you drown 

(CHORUS) 

And leads you to the end 

His breath is short 

And his mouth dry 

His pupil's are small 

Lost within lifeless eyes 

The spoons are all burned 

And his shoelaces bare 

And with the needles kiss 

His face a blank stare 

He has lost his will 

He has grown so ill 

Now the tide washes him away, oh yeah 

He cannot heal 

No he cannot feel 

The hunter becomes the prey 

The sun is shining through the trees 

The water's risen to his knees 

And now it has him, he cannot breathe 

No he can't, no her can't 

It takes him under it drags him down 

And he's forgotten, forgotten 

Without a sound 

(CHORUS) 

And leads you to the end 

Oh yeah baby 

Oh yeah 

Breathe and say goodbye