The River

Ten more miles left to go
Dump this body in the river
Ten more miles left to go
I'll throw away this gun

Look at how it smiles
Lordy, don't it make you shiver
Ten more miles left to go
My work on Earth is done

How many moons have I been waitin'
How many roads I think I foller'd
How many nights I've closed my eyes
And seen this sorry sight?

Now that I've an empty pistol
Now this cursed crow is gone
Now that I've been [?]
Till I bring him back

Eight more miles left to go
Dump this body in the river
Eight more miles left to go
I'll throw away this gun

Look at how it smiles
Lordy, don't it make you shiver
Eight more miles lеft to go
My work on Earth is done

Eight more miles lеft to go
Forty miles of blood behind me
Eighteen years of wild graves
Seven empty shells

How many mothers miss their baby?
How many pleading, "Have a little mercy?"
How many sins I've murdered
Just to send this one to hell?

Four more miles left to go
Dump this body in the river
Four more miles left to go
I'll throw away this gun

Look at how it smiles
Lordy, don't it make you shiver
Four more miles left to go
My work on Earth is done

Come on!

How many miles left to go?
Whoopp, just a little further
One more mile of muddy gravel
[?]

How many times have I asked the river
"Help me with another murder!"
How many miles I've traveled, Lordy
Just to be right here?

One more mile left to go
Dump this body in the river
One more mile left to go
I'll throw away this gun

Look at how it smiles
Lordy, don't it make you shiver
One more mile left to go
My work on Earth is done

One more mile left to go
My work on Earth is done!