Now there’s danger in my mind
And the help is hard to find
But nothing compares with your brown eyes
Now the path is full of stones
And I’m always on my own
The answers always come to me in disguise
Oh, nothing ever lasts
It always seems to pass
But there’s always peace on the river
There’s always peace on the river
The waiter with a tray
And a ciggy on the way
But snapping with impatience fell me wayside
Now it’s just an empty glass
As the hours slowly pass
And seconds turn to minutes in an instant
Oh, nothing ever lasts
It always seems to pass
But there’s always peace on the river
There’s always peace on the river
As shaky as it seems
I stepped out on its beams
And it held me
I took my final step
No longer do I schlep
And there’s beauty
I continue down the road
And I came across a gnome
Speaking plainly of my thoughts and my follies
And he said, “One day you’ll find
Out that all true love is blind.
Unfaithful will return on their knees crawling.”
Oh, nothing ever lasts
It always seems to pass
But there’s always peace on the river
There’s always peace on the river
There’s always peace on the river