Lord I can’t feed the baby, mama’s sick and in bedI’ve got a world full of worry running wild in my headI spent all my money just to make ends meetI’m begging Lord won’t you send me reliefThere ain’t nobody in this world who’d bet a dime on anybody like meSo I went down to the river of insufferable sinsLord I tried but the water wouldn’t let me come inToo many lives have been brokenThere’s too much blood on my handsThere ain’t no water in this world could turn me back into an innocent manSo I made up my mind to find that palace of fireSurely the Lord’s fallen angel understands my desireHe’s been defiled and defeated still he never gives inI know he’ll help me on my feet once againCan’t no soul in this whole world but Satan understand the state that I’m inBut I went down to the fires of insufferable sinLord I tried but the devil wouldn’t let me come inUnholy trust has been brokenHe don’t know on which side I standThere ain’t no room among the damned for such a broken and a penitent manAnd then my good woman rises from her sickness in bedPuts her hands on my thighs and plants a kiss on my headSays if the water won’t have ya, if the devil’s too blindI know that truly you were meant to be mineAnd then she takes me by the hand and shows me how to leave my worries behindI went down to the river of insufferable sinsLord I tried but the water wouldn’t let me come inToo many lives have been brokenThere’s too much blood on my handsOnly one soul in this whole world would have me just the goddamned way that I am
