It's C three miles to the river
That would F carry me away,
And Dm two miles to the dusty street
That I G7 saw you on today.

It's four miles to my lonely room
Where I will hide my face
And about half a mile to the downtown bar
That I ran from in disgrace.


Am Lord, how long have I got to keep on running,
D7 Seven hours, seven days or seven years?
G All I know is, since you've been gone
F I feel like I'm drowning in a river,
Drowning in a river of C tears.
Drowning in a F river.
Feel like I'm Dm drowning,
Drowning in a G7 river.


In three more days, I'll leave this town
And disappear without a trace.
A year from now, maybe settle down
Where no one knows my face.


I wish that I could hold you
One more time to ease the pain,
But my time's run out and I got to go,
Got to run away again.


Still I catch myself thinking,
One day I'll find my way back here.
You'll save me from drowning,
Drowning in a river,
Drowning in a river of tears.
Drowning in a river.
Feels like I'm drowning,
Drowning in the river.
Lord, how long must this go on?


Drowning in a river,
Drowning in a river of tears.