O Black River

Oh black river
Oh black river
Come wash over me
I'll stay under your rushing water
Until i come up clean
I've heard the healing of your power
Can make a blind man see
Oh black river
Oh black river
Come wash over me
Oh black river
I've been standing for too long on your shore
In that place i felt the weight of all the hurt i bore
But you run dark with the stains from hearts
Of sinners who've come before
Oh black river is there room for just one more
Oh black river
I often wander through the valley of thorns
Among the thieves beside the whores
Lives broke and torn
Would you rise your banks, flood the plains
For the lowly and forlorn
Oh black river
Drown me here and I will be reborn