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 in- -side
There've been desperate times when my heart was so dry that I felt like my life was a curse
I was standin' knee deep in the river and dyin' of thirst
There are months at a time when no reason nor rhyme can sus- tain me
When nothin' makes sense and everything turns upside- down
There are nights when I fight to keep dreamin' from driving me crazy
And I shut off my mind just to keep it from spinnin' a- round
But it's down in that quiet in that stillness I find the sweet water for which I've longed searched
While standin' knee deep in the river and dyin' of thirst
So if you're having times when you feel out of touch and half- crazy
Lost in a crowd with lovers and friends by your side
If the game's getting old and you're cold and exhausted and may- be
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
'Cause there's a great river runs from the heart of the sun through the soul of the whole uni- verse
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
From standin' knee deep in the river and dyin' of thirst
Yes, down in that quiet, in that stillness inside are sweet waters to heal this whole Earth ---
That is standin' knee deep in the river, standin' knee deep in the river
We're all standin' knee deep in the river and dyin' of thirst