"The River Knows" lyrics

She covered up his anger with a little rouge and Maybelline
It turned into a nightmare from a perfect dream
He blamed her and shamed her
When he couldn't blame someone else
He never learned how to love
Only how to hate himself

He would play the victim when he'd commit the crime
He'd beg her for forgiveness time after time
Between the cocaine and the whiskey
The Jekyll and the Hyde
The mud and the blood all spilled out by the riverside

The water's rising with secrets and sin
Down, down, down it flows around the bend
The water never tells how the story goes
But, oh
The river knows

Somebody called the sheriff about a body on the bank
Upon closer inspection, he asked who he should thank
There was a missing finger where he wore his wedding band
Only the shadow on that bridge knows what happened to that man

The water's rising with secrets and sin
Down, down, down it flows around the bend
The water never tells how the story goes
But, oh
The river knows

There are whispers, there are rumors
About that fateful night
Some say he drowned a drunkard
Some say he lost a fight
There's a legend of a ghost, copper-headed just like me
That haunts that muddy bank when the moon is hard to see

The water's rising with secrets and sin
Down, down, down it flows around the bend
The water never tells how the story goes
But, oh
The water's rising with secrets and sin
Down, down, down it flows around the bend
The water never tells how the story goes
But, oh
The river knows