O lo’, sweet water river How do you dance so sweet but swiftly take my lover? We were with child and set to be married O sweet water river Your sweetness is a lie
O lo’ sweet water river I once laid beside you and felt your sweet kiss A gunshot came ringing And there you were screaming O sweet water river is he dead or alive?
O lo sweet water river My brothers been stolen Have you seen who’s been by? Family runs deep And our blood bleeds red Thick like the maple that flows through it Family runs deep And our blood bleeds red Thick like the maple thick like the maple
Oh sweet, sweet, sweet water What do you know? What do you know? Oh sweet, sweet water river What do you know? What do you know?
O lo sweet water river Its cold here I’ll follow you south for the winter Sleep with the snakes My demons they linger Beware of the darkness in him, They whisper
O lo sweet water river My mother’s been making deals with the devil Has she been here to see you? Bribe or beseech you? She’s sent by my father, sweet water, Be careful
Can you keep a secret, I know you can You told me not to tell it but I know who I am Can you keep a secret, I know you can You told me not to tell it but I know who I am
He is the river, she is the river, You are the river, and I am too. He is the river, she is the river, You are the river, and I am too. X2Teksty umieszczone na naszej stronie są własnością wytwórni, wykonawców, osób mających do nich prawa.