I Will Cross O'er The River

” (John D. Anderson) A contemplative take on mortality and the hereafter, destined to bring tears at funerals for decades.

“You know it ain’t forever. You’re gonna cross that river. You may end up in the shade of the trees, you may end up stuck in the damn mud right there on the bank. I was thinking that the whole time I wrote this song, ‘I hope my **** ain’t stuck in the mud.’ If people like it, that’s good enough. Surely Vince Gill don’t have that funeral market all sewed up.”