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