Down the River

When I was a boy I would stare at the stars And wonder how something so little could get out that far Do they all work together Do they ever feel alone When I move to the country I'm gonna lend a helping hand By plowing the wheat fields well I'll understand A hard days work And the spirit of this promised land And we'll go down down the river on that old boat I don't care about much just as long as it floats And I'll row away my sorrow with every stroke And we'll find love before we're out of luck Before we're out of time Before our time is up When I head to the city gonna need to toughen up With everything changing how am I to keep up But I'll climb the tallest building Just to find out what I need Well I know that this world can be horribly hard With the headlines of the papers Showing pain in our backyards But I'll keep searching For the love that will heal these scars And we'll go down down the river on that old boat I don't care about much just as long as it floats And I'll row away my sorrow with every stroke And we'll find love before we're out of luck Before we're out of time Before our time is up We'll keep towing the line Keep on fighting that good fight We'll find love in here tonight I see beauty, it's inside And we'll go down down the river on that old boat I don't care about much just as long as it floats And I'll row away my sorrow with every stroke And we'll find love before we're out of luck And we'll go down down down down the river Before our time is up