River Beggar Summer Killer

The river don't know his way to the sea
He only follows his feet
And the beggar don't know where he's trying to go
But he always ends up in the street
And I don't yet know where they'll dig my grave
Though I'm certain in one I'll be lain
But if you don't know how to kill me, babe
Then the sky don't know how to rain

Summer don't know what it means to grow old
'Cuz summer has always died young
And I've never known how to blurt something bold
But it's been on the tip of my tongue
It ain't like the President don't know how to end the war
But the thought never passed through his brain
So if you aren't sure how to kill me, amor
Then the sky don't know how to rain

A cat and a snake both know how to hiss
Though only one can kill a man
And I don't know where you'll go after this
How I wish that I didn't give a damn
No, I don't believe that you'll end up in hell
Though sometimes I think it's whence you came
You know damn well how to kill me, belle
Or the sky don't know how to rain
Either this ends when you kill me, girlfriend
Or the sky won't cry ever again