From the recording Wash My Sins Away
Lyrics
I'm walking the edge with my mind on fire
This is too real to be a dream
How well I knew her doesn't matter now
Things are never what they seem
What makes a man do the things he does
Well I'm sure that I can't say
So I'm going down to the river tonight
Try to wash my sins away
Chorus
When I said good-bye to that cold hearted woman
I said good-bye to my soul
When I said good-bye to that cold hearted woman
I sacrificed my soul
There's no use in running, what is done is done
No regrets can change the deed
But when she threw it all into my face
She planted a vicious seed
But I will not go to the gallows
I'll do things my own way
So I'm going down to the river tonight
Try to wash my sins away
Chorus
W'oh, river wash my sins away
W'oh, river wash my sins away
I think of all the things that might have been
Down by the river's edge
I whisper her name just one more time
As I tumble off the ledge
As the river carries me downstream
It's forgiveness for which I pray
And as the procession is ending
I'm not sure my sins have been washed away