The river is deep and the river is wide But I'm gonna cross over when I see my ride 'Cos I got a home on the other side
When the time has come I'll close my eyes Shut out that world with all its lies And I'll lay me down until I rise
Instrumental Four [Spoken]
When I awake I'll see his face Of this worlds tears there'll be no trace He'll take us to a better place
My dearest friends -little harder- keep up the fight Resist the darkness and do what's right And when you stand up, walk in the light
Go to the bridge, A [Spoken]
This world is filled with sorrow There's trouble everywhere But do not be dismayed Nor weak and in despair
He knows all that has happened And what you're going through You're covered in his love And he won't let go of you
Speak from your heart and let it shine And let God's will be done, not thine So I can see you once again on down the line
Instrumental Lot of percussion [Spoken]
The river is deep, ah-wa-ah The river is wide, wa-wa-wa-wa I'm gonna cross over, wap-ah-wa-wa When I see my ride, ah-ba-ba-ba 'Cos I've got a home on the other side, yeah
Speak from your heart and let it shine And let God's will be done, not thine So I can see you once again on down the line
Instrumental, bigger than before, don't speed up Drum fill [Spoken] Doo-bid-e-bap-ba-da
One more instrumental [Spoken] RR-ba-da-ba-pa-ba Ra-da-ba-ba