River's Gonna Rise

God ain't in his heaven, something ain't right

I hear church bells ringing in the middle of the night

They're dragging a man by his insides

Through the broad daylight

Thieves have their season sure but it's getting on midnightAnd the river's gonna rise, it's gonna rise

There'll be dancing in the street when the river done riseCold wind is blowing, flags flapping much too slow

The monkey men sell paradise to the girls from tupelo

Black shirted boys in the badlands play machine gun rodeo

The downtown missions packed too tight with folks that got nowhere to goBut the river's gonna rise, it's gonna rise

And there'll be dancing in the street when the river done rise