Town clock stopped tickin', but it ain't broken

Got a problem that no one can define

While that river keeps on a-flowin'

Hang on children, it's a matter of time



Angry child, impatience growin'

Waits with her father in that unemployment line

While that river goes on a-flowin'

Hang on darlin', it's a matter of time



Scarecrow watchin' years of growin'

With floods of asphalt creepin' closer each time

While that river goes on a-flowin'

Hang on brother, it's a matter of time



Sparrow, she's sleepin' with now way of knowin'

What's goin' on inside those telephone lines

Below, that river keeps on a-flowin'

Hang on sister it's a matter of time



Some say god created man, his likeness showin'

I do believe they've got it backwards this time

Somehow that river goes on a-flowin'

Hang on children, it's a matter of time



Tainted river flows to the ocean

That coughs up on the shore its poisonous brine

Why don't that river just stop a-flowin'

Hang on children, it's a matter of time