Dead River Songtext / Lyric

All along the river of misery and woe

I'm ridin' through the darkness and I'm feelin' low

All along the highway of trouble and strife

The highway I have travelled most of my life



Where will it end?

This journey of trials

Tell me my friend

Where will it end?



Way over yonder I will lay me down

And sleep forever sleep



Boots of coal black leather with silver spurs so bright

I'm ridin' through the badlands in the dead of the night

Ridin' through the desert, ridin' through the sand

But will I ever reach the promised land?






Where do they end?

These days of depression

Tell me my friend

Where do they end?



Way over yonder I will lay me down

And sleep forever sleep



One of these mornings dreary and cold

I'm going to the mountain where I can rest my soul

No longer will I suffer, no longer be a slave

My soul belongs to Heaven, my body to my grave



I'm going where

there ain't no depression

And no more trials

I'm going there



Way over yonder I will lay me down

And sleep forever sleep