Waiting On The River To Rise

Dm Bb F Wake well past midnight C Dm To the burden of bills Bb F And the screaming quiet Dm Bb F We swam along just fine C Dm Then she broke her back Bb F And a bank broke mine Bb F A Dm Bb Now I'm at the kitchen table putting numbers on the paper and dodging the mirror on the wall F A Dm And I swear I'd drive til the sun gave light, I need just a little push is all Bb F A Dm Bm F C Dm And I'd build my boat so tall so wide, but I'm still waiting on the river to rise Dm Bb F I was born by the book C Dm I keep my carpet clean Bb F And my money earned Dm Bb F Why is the TV man C Dm Always smiling at me Bb F I wonder who he burned Bb F Dm Bb How come everybody for the common man never looks quite like me F A Dm They're running on the sun with their shoes undone and they never seem to burn their feet Bb F A Dm Bm F C Dm And I'd build my boat so tall so wide, but I'm still waiting on the river to rise Dm Bb F C Dm Bb F Dm Bb F C Dm Bb F Bb F Dm Bb F Dm Bb F A Dm Bb F Dm Dm Bb F Scratch tickets on my shelf C Dm Stains on my knees Bb F Pennies in my well Dm Bb F I got faith in faith C Dm Because the other choice Bb F Is no choice at all Bb F Dm Bb Now there's a man in the sky that I done right by and he ain't done right by me F A Dm And I never asked forgiveness for the things I done but you just wait and see Bb F A Dm Bm F C Dm I will build my boat so tall so wide and I won't be waiting on the river to rise Bm F C Dm No I won't be waiting on the river to rise