Standin’ Knee Deep

Lyrics

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