Lyrics To The River - John Mellencamp

To The River

They are master and slave
We are sunlight and shadow
All roads to the river
I am lost, I am saved
I’m beloved and betrayed
All roads to the river
And the river runs wide
And the river runs deep
And I spit in the eye of safe company
When I dive right down to the undertow
Well, the deeper I drown
Lord, the higher I’ll go
I am whispering dreams
I am howling revolutions
All roads to the river
I am valentine sweet
And I live in this nightmare
All roads to the river
And the river runs wide
And the river runs deep (Runs Deep)
And I spit in the eye of safe company
When I dive right down (Right down)
To the undertow (Undertow)
Well, the deeper I drown
Lord, the higher I’ll go
This is nothing like we planned
That’s the way it’s always been
All roads to the river
I have hated and I have loved
I have prayed and I have sinned
All roads to the river
And the river runs wide
And the river runs deep (And the river runs Deep)
And I spit in the eye of safe company
When I dive right down (Right down)
To the undertow (Undertow)
Well, the deeper I drown
Lord, the higher I will go