i didn t want to say it in this way i didn t want to see the day i d say these words to you i didn t want have to explain sometimes heroes have to lose it s killing me to see you cry would it make it any better if i told you i did it all for you it was just another roll of the dice just another star in the sky tried to touch it but i couldn t fly everybody knows the promise of the river everybody goes with the fire in their eyes everybody knows you can lead a horse to water but there s nothing anybody can do rivers run dry going to have to go away i always told you that a man has got to face his own mistakes sometimes you get a lucky break sometimes your winning streak will stay sometimes you got to pay oh i remember when the rivers ran high oh we could make it to the other side make it to the other side 