"River Floor" lyrics - JOE HENRY

The river crawls right to my door
With love on its mind and blood on its floor. It follows me to where I ran
And lays me down right where I stand.
It lays me down right where I stand, follows me from where I ran;
With love on its mind and blood on its floor, the river crawls right to my door

I ride the bus with prison wives
Whose hearts are caged by the wage of their lives. they call to the children they have made
-A gift of their youth, offered in trade.
A gift of their youth offered in trade,
They call to the children they have made;
Whose hearts are caged by the wage of their lives, oh, I ride the bus with prison wives

I've been proud, I stand accused,
And shame is the same, the names just confused by the view of the roof from above and below
The need to climb up, or one to let go.
There's a need to climb up and one to let go when the view of the roof is from above or below; and shame is the same, the names just confused when I've been proud and I stand accused.

What in this world's come over you?
A light I can't hold a candle to.
It moves in darkness and through time, changes both and changes my mind. What changes both and changes my mind moves in darkness and through time
A light I can't hold a candle to,
In this world comes over you