Waiting On the River to Rise

Wake well past midnight
 to the burden of bills
 and the screaming quiet
 We swam along just fine
 then she broke her back
 and a bank broke mine
 Now I'm at the kitchen table putting numbers on the paper and dodging the mirror on the wall
 And I swear I'd drive til the sun gave light, I need just a little push is all
 And I'd build my boat so tall so wide, but I'm still waiting on the river to rise
 I was born by the book
 I keep my carpet clean
 And my money earned
 Why is the TV man
 always smiling at me
 I wonder who he burned
 How come everybody for the common man never looks quite like me
 They're running on the sun with their shoes undone and they never seem to burn their feet
 And I'd build my boat so tall so wide, but I'm still waiting on the river to rise
 Scratch tickets on my shelf
 Stains on my knees
 Pennies in my well
 I got faith in faith
 Because the other choice
 Is no choice at all
 Now there's a man in the sky that I done right by and he ain't done right by me
 And I never asked forgiveness for the things I done but you just wait and see
 I will build my boat so tall so wide and I won't be waiting on the river to rise
 No I won't be waiting on the river to rise