Darrell Scott - And The River Is Me lyrics

I guess I've always known I was in this for life It's cost me some sleepless days It's cost me a wife Maybe I've spent a little too much time Looking in the bathroom mirror Waiting for the steam to disappear Thinking I was getting clearer and clearer Maybe I could've been a cook Or maybe taught high school math Maybe I could've been the man on the street With a future as uncertain as my past But I've been singing for a living Back and forth across America Singing 'bout things I should talk to my shrink And to my shrink singing kum-by-yah With my head in a song And a song in my head Just let me live until I'm dead There's so many books I wish I'd read Like war and peace So many friends, I've won and lost So many masks, I've worn and tossed Into troubled waters, I could not cross And the river is me and the river is me River run to the ocean River roll to the sea They had this test back in high school Said, I had a career in forestry Had aptitude for isolation Yeah, I could live without TV But me, I took the low road Looking for another light I don't live in a tower on some fire road But the human view is out of sight With my head in a song And a song in my head Just let me live until I'm dead There's so many words I wish I'd said Like I'm sorry I am sorry So many friends, I've won and lost So many masks, I've worn and tossed Into troubled waters, I could not cross And the river is me and the river is me River run to the ocean River roll to the sea