They say in Louisiana

You can sink into the sand

So they try to keep the water

Diverted from the land

When you go to hold a river

And it won't be held

It's the nature of a river

To flow where it falls and it will



Now I've got these emotions

That I've never ever felt

The gate I didn't open

I guess I wasn't ready yet

Now I feel like that river

The levee's gonna go

Can't hold it back forever

I'm swollen, the river must flow



I no longer need what I thought I did

I no longer need a wall around me

My waters run deep

The current is filled

With life overflowing

Who knows where we're going

Here on this river alive



I've always loved the water

Oh the gently falling rain

Such a natural reminder

We're forgiven once again

And I cry like a baby

As it falls on my face

It's for rain that I'm praying

To fall on the whole human race