[Verse 1] When I reach to hold you I'll still be alone When I hear the ringing of the telephone I'll think it is you It will not be true [Chorus] I know why the river runs To a place somewhere far away I know why the sky is cryin' When there aren't any words to say [Verse 2] I could play the message that you left for me I can hear your voice and I could still believe That you will soon be home But you will never come [Chorus] I know why the river runs To a place somewhere far away I know why the sky is cryin' When there aren't any words to say [Verse 3] There's a silence that I don't want to hear There's a hole now where my heart used to be They say that healing comes in time But I don't know what that means [Bridge] I lie here for so long But you will never come [Chorus] I know why the river runs To a place somewhere far away I know why the sky is cryin' When there aren't any words to say