William Lee Ellis - River of Need Lyrics

This river of need grows wider everyday
Cast your net, still it all slips away
Sink or swim, do or die they say
It's a hunger no one can ever feed, this river of need

This river of need sucks you dry to the bone
Feels like hell when everything is gone
Call for your mother, no one waits at home
Drop by drop you plead from your river of need

This river of need overflows
It takes everything, more than you owe
Bit by bit and blow by blow
It doesn't care if you concede, this river of need

This river of need only flows one way
Try to push it back, it just pulls you away
Until you look at the years and survey
All the times you couldn't stop the bleed, your river of need