River

[00:00.36] I've been a liar, been a thief

[00:03.37] Been a lover, been a cheat

[00:05.87] All my sins need holy water, feel it washing over me

[00:11.12] Well, little one, I don't want to admit to something

[00:14.87] If all it's gonna cause is pain

[00:17.37] Truth and my lies right now are falling like the rain

[00:21.37] So let the river run

[00:22.88] He's comin' home with his neck scratched, to catch flack

[00:25.40] Sweat jackets and dress slacks, mismatched

[00:27.87] On his breath's Jack, he's a sex addict

[00:29.63] And she just wants to exact revenge and get back

[00:32.62] It's a chess match, she's on his back like a jet-pack

[00:35.62] She's kept track of all his Internet chats

[00:37.63] And guess who just happens to be movin' on to the next

[00:40.37] Actually, just shit on my last chick and she has what my ex lacks

[00:43.87] 'Cause she loves danger, psychopath

[00:46.12] And you don't fuck with no man's girl, even I know that

[00:49.37] But she's devised some plan to stab him in the back

[00:51.86] Knife in hand, says their relationship's hangin' by a strand

[00:54.86] So she's been on the web lately

[00:56.87] Says maybe she'll be my Gwen Stacy, to spite her man

[00:59.86] And I know she's using me to try to play him, I don't care

[01:03.37] Hi Suzanne, but I shoulda said "Bye Suzanne"

[01:05.37] After the first night, but tonight I am

[01:07.12] I've been a liar, been a thief

[01:09.62] Been a lover, been a cheat

[01:12.39] All my sins need holy water, feel it washing over me

[01:17.62] Well, little one, I don't want to admit to something

[01:21.62] If all it's gonna cause is pain

[01:24.37] The truth and my lies now are falling like the rain

[01:28.12] So let the river run

[01:29.37] A one-night stand turned a two-night stand

[01:31.62] It was "come sunlight, scram, " now we hug tight, and

[01:34.11] He found out, now she feels deserted and used

[01:36.63] 'Cause he left, so what? He did it first to her too

[01:39.37] Now how am I supposed to tell this girl that we're through?

[01:42.87] It's hard to find the words, I'm aloof, nervous, and Sue

[01:45.12] Don't want this to hurt, but what you deserve is the truth

[01:47.14] Don't take it personal, I just can't say this in person to you

[01:50.12] So I revert to the studio, like hole-in-the-wall diners

[01:53.63] Don't have to be reserved in a booth

[01:56.12] I just feel like the person who I'm turning into's

[01:58.37] Irreversible, I preyed on you like it's church at the pew

[02:00.87] And now that I got you I don't want you

[02:03.12] Took advantage in my thirst to pursue

[02:04.37] Why do I do this dirt that I do?

[02:06.11] Get on my soapbox and preach, my sermon and speech

[02:08.62] Detergent and bleach is burnin' the wound

[02:10.86] 'Cause now with her in the womb

[02:12.65] We can't bring her in this world, shoulda knew

[02:14.86] To use protection 'fore I bit into your forbidden fruit (Fuck!)

[02:16.87] I've been a liar, been a thief

[02:19.12] Been a lover, been a cheat

[02:21.62] All my sins need holy water, feel it washing over me

[02:27.14] Well, little one, I don't want to admit to something

[02:31.12] If all it's gonna cause is pain

[02:33.87] The truth and my lies now are falling like the rain

[02:37.65] So let the river run

[02:38.86] My name's (ooh), my name's (ooh)

[02:41.12] River (ooh), river run

[02:43.87] Call me (ooh), call me (ooh)

[02:46.62] River (ooh), we'll let the river run

[02:49.36] Always the bridesmaid, never "The bride, hey!"

[02:52.12] Fuck can I say? If life was a highway

[02:54.64] And deceit was an enclave, I'd be swerving in five lanes

[02:57.37] Speeds at a high rate, like I'm slidin' on ice, maybe

[03:00.40] That's why I may have came at you sideways

[03:02.87] I can't keep my lies straight

[03:04.62] But I made you terminate my baby

[03:07.37] This love triangle left us in a wreck, tangled

[03:09.87] What else can I say? It was fun for a while

[03:12.12] Bet I really woulda loved your smile

[03:14.12] Didn't really wanna abort, but fuck it

[03:16.62] What's one more lie, to tell our unborn child?

[03:20.11] I've been a liar, been a thief

[03:20.87] Been a lover, been a cheat

[03:23.12] All my sins need holy water, feel it washing over me

[03:28.61] Well, little one (I'm sorry)

[03:30.12] I don't want to admit to something (I fucked up)

[03:32.87] If all it's gonna cause is pain

[03:35.13] The truth and my lies now are falling like the rain

[03:38.86] So let the river run