Intro: 6/8 D A D D
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There've been times in my life when I've felt out of touch and half- crazy
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Lost in a crowd with lovers and friends by my side
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There's a numbness I've known, all alone in some shimmering city
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With bright lights around me and nothing but shadows in- -side
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There've been desperate times when my heart was so dry that I felt like my life was a curse
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I was standin' knee deep in the river and dyin' of thirst
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There are months at a time when no reason nor rhyme can sus- tain me
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When nothin' makes sense and everything turns upside- down
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There are nights when I fight to keep dreamin' from driving me crazy
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And I shut off my mind just to keep it from spinnin' a- round
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But it's down in that quiet in that stillness I find the sweet water for which I've longed searched
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While standin' knee deep in the river and dyin' of thirst
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So if you're having times when you feel out of touch and half- crazy
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Lost in a crowd with lovers and friends by your side
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If the game's getting old and you're cold and exhausted and may- be
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You'd just like to cop-out and crumble or lay down and die
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If you come to a time when you need to decide, friend, you might want to ask yourself first
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Am I standin' knee deep in the river and dyin' of thirst?
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'Cause there's a great river runs from the heart of the sun through the soul of the whole uni- verse
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From the limitless light that brings order and might to the substance of Heaven and Earth
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And it's down in that quiet, in that stillness inside, there's a well we don't seek 'til we hurt
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From standin' knee deep in the river and dyin' of thirst
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Yes, down in that quiet, in that stillness inside are sweet waters to heal this whole Earth ---
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That is standin' knee deep in the river, standin' knee deep in the river
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We're all standin' knee deep in the river and dyin' of thirst
Outro: A E B E E