Town clock stopped tickin, but it aint broken
Got a problem that no one can define
While that river keeps on a-flowin
Hang on children, it's a matter of time

Angry child, impatience growin
Waits with her father in that unemployment line
While that river goes on a-flowin
Hang on darlin, it's a matter of time

Scarecrow watchin years of growin
With floods of asphalt creepin closer each time
While that river goes on a-flowin
Hang on brother, it's a matter of time

Sparrow, she's sleepin with now way of knowin
What's goin on inside those telephone lines
Below, that river keeps on a-flowin
Hang on sister it's a matter of time

Some say God created man, his likeness showin
I do believe they've got it backwards this time
Somehow that river goes on a-flowin
Hang on children, it's a matter of time

Tainted river flows to the ocean
That coughs up on the shore it's poisonous brine
Why don't that river just stop a-flowin
Hang on children, it's a matter of time