Brown Bird - Down to the River lyrics

Lord I can’t feed the baby
Mama’s sick and in bed
I’ve got a world full of worry
Running wild in my head
I spent all my money just to make ends meet
I’m begging Lord won’t you send me relief
There ain’t nobody in this world who’d bet
A dime on anybody like me

So I went down to the
River of insufferable sins
Lord I tried but the water
Wouldn’t let me come in
Too many lives have been broken
There’s too much blood on my hands
There ain’t no water in this world could
Turn me back into an innocent man
So I made up my mind to
Find that palace of fire
Surely the Lord’s fallen angel
Understands my desire
He’s been defiled and defeated still
He never gives in
I know he’ll help me on my feet once again
Can’t no soul in this whole world but
Satan understand the state that I’m in

But, I went down to the
Fires of insufferable sin
Lord I tried but the devil
Wouldn’t let me come in
Unholy trust has been broken
He don’t know on which side I stand
There ain’t no room among the damned for
Such a broken and a penitent man

And then my good woman rises
From her sickness in bed
Puts her hands on my thighs and
Plants a kiss on my head
Says if the water won’t have ya
If the devil’s too blind
I know that truly you were meant to be mine
And then she takes me by the hand and
Shows me how to leave my worries behind

I've been down to the
River of insufferable sins
Lord I tried but the water
Wouldn’t let me come in
Too many lives have been broken
There’s too much blood on my hands
Only one soul in this whole world would have
Me just the goddamned way that I am