| Song | Down to the River |
| Artist | Brown Bird |
| Album | The Devil Dancing |
| Lord I can’t feed the baby, mama’s sick and in bed | |
| I’ve got a world full of worry running wild in my head | |
| I spent all my money just to make ends meet | |
| I’m begging Lord won’t you send me relief | |
| There ain’t nobody in this world who’d bet a dime on anybody like me | |
| So I went down to the river of insufferable sins | |
| Lord I tried but the water wouldn’t let me come in | |
| Too many lives have been broken | |
| There’s too much blood on my hands | |
| There ain’t no water in this world could turn me back into an innocent man | |
| So I made up my mind to find that palace of fire | |
| Surely the Lord’s fallen angel understands my desire | |
| He’s been defiled and defeated still he never gives in | |
| I know he’ll help me on my feet once again | |
| Can’t no soul in this whole world but Satan understand the state that I’m in | |
| But I went down to the fires of insufferable sin | |
| Lord I tried but the devil wouldn’t let me come in | |
| Unholy trust has been broken | |
| He don’t know on which side I stand | |
| There ain’t no room among the damned for such a broken and a penitent man | |
| And then my good woman rises from her sickness in bed | |
| Puts her hands on my thighs and plants a kiss on my head | |
| Says if the water won’t have ya, if the devil’s too blind | |
| I know that truly you were meant to be mine | |
| And then she takes me by the hand and shows me how to leave my worries behind | |
| I went down to the river of insufferable sins | |
| Lord I tried but the water wouldn’t let me come in | |
| Too many lives have been broken | |
| There’s too much blood on my hands | |
| Only one soul in this whole world would have me just the goddamned way that I am |
| Lord I can' t feed the baby, mama' s sick and in bed | |
| I' ve got a world full of worry running wild in my head | |
| I spent all my money just to make ends meet | |
| I' m begging Lord won' t you send me relief | |
| There ain' t nobody in this world who' d bet a dime on anybody like me | |
| So I went down to the river of insufferable sins | |
| Lord I tried but the water wouldn' t let me come in | |
| Too many lives have been broken | |
| There' s too much blood on my hands | |
| There ain' t no water in this world could turn me back into an innocent man | |
| So I made up my mind to find that palace of fire | |
| Surely the Lord' s fallen angel understands my desire | |
| He' s been defiled and defeated still he never gives in | |
| I know he' ll help me on my feet once again | |
| Can' t no soul in this whole world but Satan understand the state that I' m in | |
| But I went down to the fires of insufferable sin | |
| Lord I tried but the devil wouldn' t let me come in | |
| Unholy trust has been broken | |
| He don' t know on which side I stand | |
| There ain' t no room among the damned for such a broken and a penitent man | |
| And then my good woman rises from her sickness in bed | |
| Puts her hands on my thighs and plants a kiss on my head | |
| Says if the water won' t have ya, if the devil' s too blind | |
| I know that truly you were meant to be mine | |
| And then she takes me by the hand and shows me how to leave my worries behind | |
| I went down to the river of insufferable sins | |
| Lord I tried but the water wouldn' t let me come in | |
| Too many lives have been broken | |
| There' s too much blood on my hands | |
| Only one soul in this whole world would have me just the goddamned way that I am |