RIVER OF TEARS

A RIVER OF TEARS IS FLOWING HERE

FROM EYES THAT ARE ACHING AND RED,

AND FROM A HEART THAT IS BROKEN, SO NEAR,

FROM WORDS THAT HAVE NEWLY BEEN SAID.

A RIVER OF TEARS IS FLOWING SO FAST

FROM A SOUL THAT IS SHATTERED AND BLUE,

FLOWING AND GOING, AND SHALL THEY LAST

UNTIL I DIE, OR MY SPIRIT IS RENEWED?

A RIVER OF TEARS RUNNING DOWN MY CHEEKS

HAS MADE MY SHIRT AS WET AS THE DEW.

THIS RIVER OF TEARS MUST SOON BESPEAK

OF MY WONDERFULLY GREAT LOVE FOR YOU.

A RIVER OF TEARS FLOWING AS THE RAIN,

TELLS ME THAT MY HEART IS SO TRUE,

THIS RIVER OF TEARS KEEPS FALLING AGAIN

SINCE I FOUND THAT I CANNOT PLEASE YOU.

THIS RIVER OF TEARS LEAVING MY EYES

RUNS WILDLY, AS MY HEART USED TO DO

EACH TIME I HEARD YOUR NAME, OR EVER

YOU CAME , EVER YOU CAME INTO VIEW.

NOW THIS RIVER OF TEARS FLOWING AS RAIN,

FROM SOMETHING THAT SOMEONE HAS SAID,

SHALL CLEANSE ME AGAIN FROM ALL OF THE PAIN

THAT HAS CAUSED ME SO VERY MUCH DREAD.

YET THIS RIVER OF TEARS HAS MADE ME TO SEE

THAT I CAN, IN NO WISE, PLEASE ANY MAN

WITHOUT CHANGING FOR HIM, AND ONLY HIM,

PLEASE TELL ME, WHY CAN I NOT UNDERSTAND?

OH, RIVER OF TEARS, SPEAK TO ME HERE,

SPEAK LOUDLY, SO I MAY PLAINLY SEE

WHY I MUST CHANGE, AND HOW I MUST CHANGE,

AND WHY MUST IT ALWAYS BE ME?

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