You Can't Outrun the River
You Can’t Outrun the River © 2015
Shannon Slaughter - Elite Circuit Music – BMI / Ronnie Bowman – Never Wanted Nothing More BMI /Tim Stafford – Daniel House Music BMI

V1
Born in a hole in the ground /On the crest of a high ridge top
I cut my way through the mountains the trees, and the earth, and the rock
The nations of our fathers, I’ve seen the rise and fall
Many are my tear drops; I’ve shed for one and all

Some men tried to slow me they dammed me for a while
But I rose up like the thunder, my anger raging wild
They cursed the ground I gave them, but they could not understand
You can turn me with your shovels, but you can’t me hold me in your hands

Chorus
I’m a rambler and a drifter, a taker and a giver
You can chase me all your life but you can’t outrun the river

V3
Many dream about me, and sing me in their songs
Sometimes I’m rushing over, other times I just roll on
Like time forever running, always has and always will
Moving forward never backwards, always never standing still

Whoa oh deep and cold, old blackwater down in my soul