As the sun shines on me
I am here to wait
For the days of worry
Don't worry me
Lesson one was hardest
Hardest one to take
But that's just the way I am
All the nights I laid there
On my back and prayed
That I would be a better man today
I was hurting for the things I'd said and done
Hurting for the someone
It's all down the river way down the river
Past is past and done is done
Listen to the teacher listen to your preacher
And do your best my son
Keener for the lessons I have learned
Wiser by a thousand years
Does the heart grow stronger
When it's love is spurned
And is that why I'm still here
And the nights when I laid there
On my back and prayed
Never stopped the looping anyway
Happiness is hardest as you reach the end of the road
It's all down the river way down the river
Past is past and done is done
Listen to the teacher listen to your preacher
Then you'll know best my son
It's all down the river way down the river
Past is past and done is done
Listen to the teacher listen to your preacher
And do your best my son