It's three miles to the river
that would carry me away
and two miles to the dusty street
that I saw you on today.
It's four miles to my lonely room
where I will hide my face
and about half a mile to the downtown bar
That I ran from in disgrace.
Lord how long have i got to keep on running
seven hours seven days or seven years?
All I know is since you've been gone
I feel like I'm drowning in a river,
Drowning in a river of tears.
Drowning in a river.
Feel like I'm drowning,
Drowning in a river.
In three more days, i'll leave this town
And disappear without a trace.
A year from now, maybe settle down
Where no one knows my face.
I wish that I could hold you
one more time to ease the pain,
but my time's run out and I got to go,
got to run away again. 
Still I catch myself thinking,
One day i'll find my way back here.
You'll save me from drowning,
drowning in a river,
drowning in a river of tears.
drowning in a river.
Feels like i'm drowning,
drowning in the river.
Lord, how long must this go on?
drowning in a river,
drowning in a river of tears.