O Black River

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 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, 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 often wander through the valley of thorns

Among the thieves, beside the whores, lives broke and torn

Would you rise your banks, flood the plains, for the lonely and forlorn?

Oh black river, drown me here I will be reborn

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

I've heard the healing of your power

Can make a blind man see

Oh black river, oh black river

Come wash over me