You Can't Tell A River

You can't tell a river
Which way it's gonna run
And you can't tell a sunrise
Morning's never gonna come

You can't tell a body
Not to ache for someone
You can't tell a river not to run

You can't tell a rain cloud
Not to soak the ground with rain
And you can't tell a lover
They're never gonna feel any pain

You can't tell a heartache
To simply go away
You can't hold on to someone
Just to make them stay

You can't tell a river
Which way it's gonna run
And you can't tell a sunrise
Morning's never gonna come

You can't tell a body
Not to ache for someone
You can't tell a river not to run

Say what you want to (say what you want)
We do our best (we do our best)
Some things are chosen
We surrender to the rest

You can't keep a flower
From leaning towards the sun
And you can't change a heart
When it finds the one

You can't say it's over
Just because it's done
You can't tell a river not to run

And you can't tell a river not to run