It's been thirty-one years
Since she's been in your arms
But don't worry about mama

Mama's got a good heart

And I'm not looking for your love

I'm only sniffing out blood
Just a little taste of where I came from


And at the bottom of this river
Is where I put you down to lay
So I can live with it

And in my heart heart heart
There are these waters
Where I put you down to lay

While I learn to live with it
Until I'm free


And it's been all my life
I've been wondering on the inside
What we could've had

If you'd had a part in my life
And there were children involved
And they were brothers to me

Even if we never got to meet

And at the bottom of this river

Is where I put you down to lay
So I can live with it
And in my heart heart heart

There are these waters
Where I put you down to lay
While I learn to live with it

Until I'm

Free at last from this shadow that hangs

Surely you wonder sometimes
And I'm sure you all sympathize
Just what a man's to become,

But just like his daddy's done
I just want to love someone
Who has the same blood

Who has the same blood

And at the bottom of this river

Is where I put you down to lay
So I can live with it
And in my heart heart heart

There are these waters
Where I put you down to lay
While I learn to live with it

Keepsake
Keepsake
'Til I'm free