Where the River Runs

When I was young, maybe seven or eight years old

Looking for you, dad, it's getting so late and cold

And you still hadn't come home

Mom was yelling at you, said you couldn't stay

You took a hit from the bottle and drove away

But I knew where you'd go

You built a tower 'round your heart

Four walls of cardboard in the dark

I know you slept there once

Down where the river runs

You told me, "Son, you'll learn one day"

Sometimes you try to run away

I thought you'd given up

Down where the river runs (ooh)

Down where the river runs (ooh)

All alone, you were gone for three-four days

By the bridge 'cause the water made you feel safe

Like your problems would wash away

They all said I was a victim of a broken home

You built this castle but it crumbled, so I made my own

But it fell down anyway

You built a tower 'round your heart

Four walls of cardboard in the dark

I know you slept there once

Down where the river runs

You told me, "Son, you'll learn one day"

Sometimes you try to run away

I thought you'd given up

Down where the river runs

(Whoa-ooh) where the river runs, where the river runs

(Whoa-ooh) where the river runs, where the river runs

(Whoa-ooh) where the river runs, where the river runs

(Whoa-ooh) down where the river runs

You were a god, just holding me in your arms

You dried my eyes in the strongest of thunderstorms

'Til the sky turned back to blue

Now I'm older I've been wanting to turn back time

Say all the words that I needed to by your side

Now you're gone and I miss you

You built a tower 'round your heart

Four walls of cardboard in the dark

I know you slept there once

Down where the river runs

You told me, "Son, you'll learn one day"

Sometimes you try to run away

I thought you'd given up

Down where the river runs (whoa-ooh)

Down where the river runs (whoa-ooh)