By the River Songtext
von Mt. Desolation

By the river sings a woman
Tied to nothing and bound to no one
The voyeur stands by shadowed boughs, dew-heavy limbs
Oh-oh-oh-oh

Damp the wood burns
Windless morning
Birds are silent
As a warning
And sorrow comes
Like hungry wolves
In dead of night
Oh-oh-oh-oh

It′s a bad, bad habit, you know


Go whether skies are cloud-heavy
Or the ground is unsteady
And the haze of young pity is gone
And deal or barter your living
When your sins are forgiven
And the scales are made even again

Under white sky
Smoke is rising
Breath is shallow
Pupils widen
And bracken dries
As river flows
Under the ice
Oh-oh-oh-oh

But it's a bad, bad habit, you know

Go whether skies are cloud-heavy
Or the ground is unsteady
And the haze of young pity is gone
And deal or barter your living
When your sins are forgiven
And the scales are made even again