when the river rises over her banks better make your home in a higher place for if you stay down by the sand you ll be washed away to another land and when the mountains swim in the sea look around you won t find me in the end what s done is done if you hear it coming you won t have to run you ve got to change your ways or die if you listen now i ll tell you why the buffalo was here to stay till a fool with a gun came and took him away if you go too far you can come back when the river changes so does the map you ve got to change your ways or die if you listen now i ll tell you why a lover s life is like a dream sycamore trees peaches and cream and if i could show you what i see you d take a chance run away with me a sip of whiskey gets your toes wet if you dive too deep you ll get caught in a net love and fire burn to the core i thought as i walked by the corner store you ve got to change your ways or die if you listen now i ll tell you why you ve got to change your ways or die if you listen now i ll tell you why