Take me down to the river

Wash the dirt from my hands

I've been traveling so long

In this foreign land.

Please father forgive me

For I've lost my way

Sin runs through my body

There is poison in my veins.

Take me down the river

I'm a broken man

Push me down t the bottom

Wash me from within

Pull me up from the waters

So I can breathe again

Take me down to the river, lord

Where it all began.

Should've known from the start, lord

Couldn't do it alone

I try; I try so hard, yeah

To make this place my home

So, come redemption

Please set me free

Oh, holly water now

Come cover me.

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Take me down the river,

I'm a broken man

Push me down t the bottom

Wash me from within

Pull me up from the waters,

So I can breathe again

Take me down to the river, lord

Where it all began.