Some twenty days ago I left my family and my home
I buried everything I knew and swam an ocean here to you
Said goodbye to my old friends, for our friendship wouldn't end
But nothing anyone could do could ever bring me back again
And I've got to make it to the river
And I've got to make it to the sea
I need to do whatever it takes to
To be free
A couple nights ago I had a dream I didn't know
The people, places, and the scenes
All of which I'd yet to see
We were running through a field of grass
as high up to the knee
Men on horseback shouting with their guns
all pointing straight at me
And I've got to make it to the river
And I've got to make it to the sea
I need to do whatever it takes to
To be free
I wake at night to wonder
How to
How to break out of this dream
Just like rain and thunder
The morning comes to me
Too many nights have passed me since I heard a thunder's blast
Without the rain of winter running at the ____ on my back
Still these dreams that keep returning sifthing through this midnight's mask
Of silence deafening my ears the meaning of which I've yet to ask
And I've got to make it to the river
And I've got to make it to the sea
I need to do whatever it takes to
To be free
I wake at night and wonder
How to how to break out of this dream, yeah
Just like rain and thunder
The morning comes for me(Puerta - Pack - North - Drummond)
Someone talks about a road
At the end find life's gold
I went out to get a drink of water
But I saw an ocean far away
I thought of how much beyond awaits me
Foolishly I turned my head the other way
Do you like where you're livin' at?
I'm not happy inside
You could build a golden house
Yeah but still I'm sad inside
I set out on a long and lonely journey
And travelled through some strange and distant lands
And many times I thought I'd found life's meaning
But it slipped away like water in the sand
Do you like where you're livin' at?
I'm not happy inside
You could build a golden house
And still I'm sad inside
One summer storm, I'm waitin' for the sun
One summer storm, I've waited so long
Waited so long Yeahhhhhhhh!
In our lives, we've all drank of the water
Heard the ocean callin' out our names
Some will seek and find their life's meaning
And some will turn their heads the other way...