River Of Tears Lyrics

It's three miles to the river
That would carry me away
And two miles to the dusty street
That I saw you on today

It's four miles to my lonely room
Where I'm gonna hide my face
And about half a mile to the downtown bar
That I ran from in disgrace

Lord, how long have I gotta keep on running
Seven hours, seven days or seven years?
All I know is, since you've been gone
Feel like I'm drowning in a river
Drowning in a river of tears

Drowning in a river
Feel like I'm drowning
Drowning in a river

In three more days, I'll leave this town
And disappear without a trace
A year from now, maybe settle down
Where no one knows my face

I wish that I could hold you
One more time to ease the pain
But my time's run out and I got to go
Got to run away again

Still I catch myself thinking
One day I'll find my way back here
You'll save me from drowning
Drowning in a river
(Drowning)
Drowning in a river of tears

Drowning in a river
Feel like I'm drowning
Drowning in the river

Lord, how long must this go on?

Drowning
(In a river, drowning)
Drowning in a river of tears

Eric Clapton - Clapton Chronicles - The Best of Eric Clapton

Oct 1999

1. Blue Eyes Blue
2. Change The World
3. My Father's Eyes
4. Tears In Heaven
5. Layla [Unplugged Version]
6. Pretending
7. Bad Love
8. Before You Accuse Me
9. It's In The Way That You Use It
10. Forever Man
11. Running On Faith
12. She's Waiting
13. River Of Tears
14. (I) Get Lost