Quick, burn it down to the wick
   Burn it down to the heart
   So the ending can start
  
   Here, behind the riverhaus door
   With an unloaded gun
   And an unsettled score
  
   Well I'll never drag this river
   I'll never drag this river
   I'll never drag this river
   I'll never drag this river down
  
   You, nothin' comes to you slow
   Nothin' comes to you hard
   Though you beg like you're hard
  
   And me, don't shake the barrel ar me
   And don't treat idle threats
   Like you treat all your friends
  
   Well I'll never drag this river
   I'll never drag this river
   I'll never drag this river
   I'll never drag this river down
  
   And if you walk out that door
   Don't come back
   Because there'll be no door
  
   And if you walk out that door
   Silence greets you
   Silence, will be yours
  
   I hear ya callin' from a long distant shore
   But you won't come back, [well / 'cause] you can't come back
  
   The water's risin' and the levee is not sure
   And you won't be found, no you can't be found
  
   Drag this river down