I'm sick of tryin' and I'm six feet short of dyin' ... And this world don't care if I'm cryin' ... So tell me where does a broken man go? ...
I don't understand. I guess I'm kinda like my old man ... I'm gonna live and die just a work in my bare hands ... So tell me where does a broken man go? ...
CHORUS: I'm goin down to the river, down to the river, the old muddy water gonna clear my mind, down to the river, down to the river, (gonna) watch my troubles just a float on by ... float on by ...
When I was young, this world was just *keel fence stone???* ... you can keep what you call and take it home ... now tell where did that world go? ... Well at 21, that preacher took me back *on my hair??* ... I gotta get that feelin' back again ... cuz this sin's tryin' to take my soul ...
CHORUS: I'm goin down to the river, down to the river, the old muddy water gonna clear my mind, down to the river, down to the river, (gonna) watch my troubles just a float on by ... float on by ...
That muddy water ... that old Delta Queen ... I'ma callin ... it's gonna set me free (REPEATS) ...