| I am a sinner, baby, I am a deceiver
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| I am so selfish and so proud
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| There is no question of my need to be delivered
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| I’ll never get in if I’m afraid of comin' out
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| I am a seer, baby, I am a believer
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| My name is written in the clouds
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| You never dream but life flows by you like a river
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| You’ll never jump in if you are still afraid to drown
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| Are you still afraid to drown?
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| CHORUS:
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| Starin' at that cold river
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| Hangin' on to the roots of a broken tree (dream?)
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| Said can you control your shivers?
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| 'Cause whatever that cold river takes she keeps
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| The spirit’s flowin', mama, make your body quiver
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| It’s wellin' up from underground
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| The lord has spoken, lover, give it to the river
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| You’ll never get high if you’re afraid of comin' down
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| Are you afraid of comin' down?
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| CHORUS
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| Don’t you know that the river plays deep? |