Down the River

When you come
When you come looking for me
Down the river's where I'll be
Down the river you'll find a lady
Eyes of pearl and tears of stone
Arms like vine and thighs of Poison Ivy
And I can't have her, no
Now I
I just need to go

When she comes
When she comes asking for me
Down the river's where I'll be
Down the river the last standing tree
Bends down sickly and low
The winds blow tears of leaves al down beneath
The sadness of my mother uncontrolled
Now I
I just need to go

When my mother comes calling for me
Down the river's where I'll be
Down the river is one watchful King
He sits on hills of soulless gold
Always caught in a tight periphery
He's lost his place in tales of old lore
Now I
I just need to go

When he comes
When he comes scouring for me
Down the river's where I'll be
Down the river his heavy army
Melts the past and digests the road
Heads of rust and hearts of gasoline
The breath weighs heavy with the common cold
Now I
I just need to go

When they come
When they start coming for me
Down the river's where I'll be
Down the river a wild coyote
Howls among the stars, dark skies of coal
To the hills he runs on with a warning
"I'll tell you once then I'll say 'you were told'
Now I
I just need to go"

When you come
When you come following me
Down the river's where I'll be
Down the river time's lost poetry
Piles among the mud, the trail ran cold
And one day soon you'll wander right into me
Shriveled and defeated, hung down and old
Now I
I just need to go