[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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There've been times in my life
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When I've felt out of touch and half-crazy
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Lost in a crowd with lovers and friends by my side
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There's a numbness I've known,
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All alone in some shimmering city
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With bright lights around me
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And nothing but shadows inside
[Chorus]
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There've been desperate times
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When my heart was so dry
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That I felt like my life was a curse
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I was standin' knee deep in the river and dyin' of thirst
[Verse 2]
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There are months at a time
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When no reason nor rhyme can sustain me
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When nothin' makes sense
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And everything turns upside-down
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There are nights when I fight
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To keep dreamin' from driving me crazy
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And I shut off my mind
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Just to keep it from spinnin' around
[Chorus]
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But it's down in that quiet in that stillness I find
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The sweet water for which I've longed searched
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While standin' knee deep in the river and dyin' of thirst
[Verse 3]
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So if you're having times
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When you feel out of touch and half-crazy
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Lost in a crowd with lovers and friends by your side
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If the game's getting old
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And you're cold and exhausted and maybe
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You'd just like to cop-out and crumble
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Or lay down and die
[Chorus]
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If you come to a time when you need to decide,
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Friend, you might want to ask yourself first
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Am I standin' knee deep in the river and dyin' of thirst?
[Verse 4]
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'Cause there's a great river runs
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From the heart of the sun
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Through the soul of the whole universe
C#m
From the limitless light
A
That brings order and might
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To the substance of Heaven and Earth
[Chorus]
C#m A
And it's down in that quiet, in that stillness inside,
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There's a well we don't seek 'til we hurt
E B
From standin' knee deep in the river
A
And dyin' of thirst
C#m A
Yes, down in that quiet, in that stillness inside
E A
Are sweet waters to heal this whole Earth
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That is standin' knee deep in the river,
E B
Standin' knee deep in the river
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We're all standin' knee deep in the river
A
And dyin' of thirst
[Outro]
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