Back to the River

I was driving through the dust at the edge of town

With a worn out heart and a worry hanging down

I heard a church bell calling through the pines

Like an old friend saying, brother come inside

I'm going back to the river

Where the waters run clean

Lay my load at the altar

Be made new again

If the road gets dark

Lord, be my light

'Til I reach that mornin'

On the other side

Mama's Bible on the table

Pages soft and worn

Promises were waiting

Since the day I was born

I knelt beside the pew

Let my pride give way

And I felt that mercy

Meet me face to face

I'm going back to the river

Where the waters run clean

Lay my load at the altar

You made new again

If the road gets dark

Lord, be my light

'Til I reach that morning

On the other side

I sing hallelujah with a trembling kind of joy

Grace kicked up the pieces and it gave me back my voice

Every scar tells a story, every tear has a name

But the love that found me never left me the same

I'm going back to the river

Where the waters run clean

Lay my load at the altar

And be made new again

If the road gets dark

Lord, be my light

'Til I reach that morning

On the other side