Oh black river
Oh black river
Come wash over me
I'll stay under your rushing water
Until i come up clean
I've heard the healing of your power
Can make a blind man see
Oh black river
Oh black river
Come wash over me
Oh black river
I've been standing for too long on your shore
In that place i felt the weight of all the hurt i bore
But you run dark with the stains from hearts
Of sinners who've come before
Oh black river is there room for just one more
Oh black river
I often wander through the valley of thorns
Among the thieves beside the who*es
Lives broke and torn
Would you rise your banks, flood the plains
For the lowly and forlorn
Oh black river
Drown me here and I will be reborn