We all need a place where we can go Time slows down and the world turns slow Feet get wet when the night gets hot, you know You know a place your worries won't get to You look down, still see the moon So dark that all that we can do Is hear each other whisper That's why God made a river Sent these waters rushing through Like a waterfall from heaven washing over me and you Where the stars come out and you see them shine Shimmer in the water and in your eyes Way out here there ain't no lights but those While everybody else is fast asleep No one's more awake than me I can feel the current keep pulling us in deeper That's why God made a river Sent these waters rushing through Like a waterfall from heaven washing over me and you That's why God made a river I can feel it flowing through Like a waterfall from heaven washing over me and you Makes me think of that Black and white picture up on the shelf Great grandma standing with the preacher's help Waist deep Caney Fork 1912 Cause we can't save ourselves That's why God made a river Sent these waters rushing through Like a waterfall from heaven washing over me and you That's why God made a river Can you feel it flowing through? Like a waterfall from heaven washing over me and you Oh oh oh oh... That's why God made a river [x4]