River runnin' free let your water flow through me

Reach beyond where I can see


Quench some thirsty soul in need


River... River




Vs 1(a) I have lived in the desert


I dwelt in a barren land

Once I built my life upon the shifting sand


I had no firm foundation


Had no shelter to cover me

There was little hope that I could see.





Vs 1(b) Then I looked across this thirsty land

Felt the heat of the burning sand


Didn't think that I could live another day


But then what had seemed a hopeless thing

Turned into a desert spring


And its waters washed my hopelessness away.




Bridge Oh, river flow through me


Touch every soul I see


Flow out of me.