and so it comes to an end and everything that you thought turns out to be feathers borne on the wind bearing witness that gravity will win and take you for a spin they re bearing witness to the water bleaches it out of you the cleansing showers fall they re falling falling lay me down in the bulrushes send me down down to the sea float me on this raging river leave me just my memory now i start to see just as it s ending the river is bending and drowning me the snow that falls in december could be the rain in the gulf of mexico and though i know i m a sinner i m still an angel when i get back to home where i can do no wrong they re bearing witness to the water bleaches it out of you the cleansing showers fall they re falling falling lay me down in the bulrushes send me down down to the sea float me on this raging river leave me just my memory now i start to see just as it s ending the river is bending and drowning me drowning me lay me down in the bulrushes send me down down to the sea float me on this raging river leave me just my memory lay me down