the river s wide that i could not swim across it so i convinced myself i d walked up on the waves the river s wide that i could not swim across it so i told everyone i d walked up on the waves but i lied and i knew i d lied but i did everything i did to soothe the family pride and i just don t think i can keep it up now because i ve never heard jesus speak to me but i bowed my head just the same though i did find some tears when they played that song but for the four right chords i will play along i have always been that way it doesn t matter what the say into stronger arms we run with a thorn in our side and the devil s inside so who are we running from into stranger arms we run such a thorn in our side when the devil s implied oh what have we done so i tried and i tried to achieve belief maybe there is something wrong with me but i ve been feeling fine though now both my shoulders have started hurting from walking around under such a burden to reconcile everything that we learn with everything that we were taught but with all we know now how can you say oh you ve just got to take it all on faith and don t think too much just hush and pray exactly as we ve always done hey god now i ve got a baby girl what am i supposed to tell her about you because her life shouldn t have to be like mine she shouldn t have to waste her time on waiting on you because you never do come through sometimes i can t believe the things those preachers have the nerve to say to me but maybe the things that i d have to say to them are really just as bad because the only times i ever thought of suicide i was waiting on the lord to direct my life saying give me one word and i ll put down the knife and i ll never pick it up again but luckily i held out long enough to see that everybody really makes their own destiny it s a beautiful thing it s just you and me exactly where we belong and there s nothing inherently wrong with us