All that I have is a river

The river is always my home

Lord, take me away

For I just cannot stay

Or I’ll sink in my skin and my bones



The water sustains me without even trying

The water can’t drown me, I’m done

With my dying



Please help me build a small boat

One that’ll ride on the flow

Where the river runs deep

And the larger fish creep

I’m glad of what keeps me afloat



The water sustains me without even trying

The water can’t drown me, I’m done

With my dying



Now deeper the water I sail

And faster the current I’m in

That each night brings the stars

And the song in my heart

Is a tune for the journeyman’s tale



The water sustains me without even trying

The water can’t drown me, I’m done

With my dying



Now the land that I knew is a dream

And the line on the distance grows faint

So wide is my river

The horizon a sliver

The artist has run out of paint



The water sustains me without even trying

The water can’t drown me, I’m done

With my dying



Where the blue of the sea meets the sky

And the big yellow sun leads me home

I’m everywhere now

The way is a vow

To the wind of each breath by and by



The water sustains me without even trying

The water can’t drown me, I’m done

With my dying

Johnny Flynn & Laura Marling