River Black

All this running with the devil

Got a hell of a hold on me

And you can bet I got a debt I gotta settle

Setting me free ain't gonna come cheap

I'm just a rebel praying up to the stars

Hoping one of them just might lead

To a river where a better life starts

Gonna get dirty getting clean

All my rough 'round the edge

Ain't gonna be so rough no more

When the old me's dead

I'll be knock, knock, knocking on the good Lord's door

When the preacher man's hands lower me in

And the holy water hits my back

All my sins gonna turn that river black

Whiskey and cigarette smoke breath

Tattoos and blood on my hands

Gold cross hanging on my chest

Just as long as he understands, yeah, yeah, yeah

All my rough 'round the edge

Ain't gonna be so rough no more

When the old me's dead

I'll be knock, knock, knocking on the good Lord's door

When the preacher man's hands lower me in

And the holy water hits my back

All my sins gonna turn that river black, yeah

I'm counting Mississippis

Lord, please forgive me

Deep underwater where the devil can't get me

I'm counting Mississippis

Lord, please forgive me

I'm deep underwater

All my rough 'round the edge

Ain't gonna be so rough no more

When the old me's dead

I'll be knock, knock, knocking on the good Lord's door

When the preacher man's hands lower me in

And the holy water hits my back

All my sins gonna turn that river black

River black

River black

(All my sins gonna turn that)

Yeah, all my sins gonna turn that river black