Its 3 miles to the river That would carry me away And 2 miles to the dusty street That I saw you on Today Its 4 miles to my lonely room Where I will hide my face And about a half a mile to the downtown bar That I ran from in disgrace Lord how long do I have to keep on running Seven hours, Seven days or Seven years All I know is since youve been gone feels like Im drowning in a river Drowning in a river of tears Drowning in a river Feels like I'm drowning Drowning in a river In 3 more days, I'll leave this town And dissapear without a trace A year from now maybe settle down Where no one knows my face I wish that I could hold you One more time to ease the pain But my times run out and I got to go Got to run away again Still I catch myself thinking One day I'll find my way back here You'll save me from drowning Drowning in a river Drowning in a river of tears Drowning in a river Feels like I'm drowning Drowning in a river Oh how long must this go on Drowning in a river Drowning in a river of tears