By the River Songtext
von Mt. Desolation

By the river sings a woman
Tied to nothing and bound to no one
The voyeur stands by shadowed boughs
Dew-heavy limbs, oh-oh-oh-oh

Damp the wood burns, windless morning
Birds are silent as a warning
And sorrow comes like hungry wolves
In dead of night, oh-oh-oh-oh


It′s a bad, bad habit, you know
Go where the skies are cloud-heavy
Or the ground is unsteady
And the haze of young pity is gone
And deal or barter your living
When your sins are forgiven
And the scales are made even again

Under white sky, smoke is rising
Breath is shallow, pupils widen
And bracken dries as river flows
Under the eyes, oh-oh-oh-oh

But it's a bad, bad habit, you know
Go where the skies are cloud-heavy
Or the ground is unsteady
And the haze of young pity is gone
And deal or barter your living
When your sins are forgiven
And the scales are made even again