We're sitting on whatever we can lift.
We're throwing in whatever we know we'll never miss,
like that old picnic table reduced to a pile of wooden boards
and that rocking chair that couldn't move anywhere anymore.
Peaceful minds and flickering eyes.
We've got a lot of problems but now they're pushed aside
down the black, flowing path with the sticks, with the sticks and the stones
to the black, floating mass at the end, at the end of the road.
As I went down in the river to pray,
studying about that good ol' way,
then who shall wear the starry crown?
Good Lord, show me the way.
Oh sisters, let's go down.
Let's go down, come on down.
Oh sisters, let's go down,
down in the river to pray.
As I went down in the river to pray,
studying about that good ol' way,
then who shall wear the robe and crown?
Good Lord, show me the way.
Oh brothers, let's go down.
Let's go down, come on down.
Oh brothers, let's go down,
down in the river to pray.
As I went down in the river to pray,
studying about that good ol' way,
then who shall wear the starry crown?
Good Lord, show me the way.
Oh fathers, let's go down.
Let's go down, come on down.
Oh fathers, let's go down,
down in the river to pray.
As I went down in the river to pray,
studying about that good ol' way,
then who shall wear the robe and crown?
Good Lord, show me the way.
Oh mothers, let's go down.
Come on down, don't you wanna go down?
Come on mothers, let's go down.
down in the river to pray.
Mmmmm.
As I went down in the river to pray,
studying about that good ol' way,
then who shall wear the starry crown?
Good Lord, show me the way.
Oh sinners, let's go down.
Let's go down, come on down.
Oh sinners, let's go down,
down in the river to pray.
As I went down in the river to pray,
studying about that good ol' way,
then who shall wear the robe and crown?
Good Lord, show me the way.
credits
from The Wind & The Waves,
released October 17, 2011
background vocals- Johnny Valasquez, Shelby Sperling, Austin Wiebe
Despite its themes of isolation and loneliness, Caroline White's latest batch of folk-pop confessionals is an LP brimming with confidence. Bandcamp New & Notable Aug 7, 2019