(Verse)
Colorado passes by like color writing on a wall
Headed eastward down to New Orleans
Dipping into Texas as the stars are fading out
And there's still a lot of country in between

When I left California I was 29 years old
And the world just spun me around
Now I watched Louisiana squirrel cross the window pane
And I'm facing the direction I am bound

(Chorus)
Cover up the sun, let the river run
Make that water pun and watch me away

(Verse)
Me clifting at the Cater Cots and sat down in the road
Pedro said, boys, we're three of kind
He said I sat with river rats and I hung my hat with diplomats
Had four brothers once upon a time

He said they tore the country far away from the Rio Crown
And the road just wore them down
So they bought a house beside Louie, outside of New Orleans
And they stared in the direction of the escalating sun

(Chorus)
Cover up the gun, let the river run
Take this good man's son and wash him away

(Verse)
Sister and the sackable talking to a wall
Back in New York city, she's a queen
Well, resurrector Geniufleck(?), she saves the one she can't protect
Keep the chapel pressed, but not sixteen (?)

She takes Absinthe mixed with Kerosene to keep herself up right
But the word still breaks her down
Listen, if you can't keep your shit together
When God is on your side
What chance do you have when he's not around?

(Chorus)
Cover up the sun, make that water run
Make the river come and take me away

(Verse)
People of the Mardi Gras, in their Tuesday's best
Waiting for the South to rise again
Children of Geronimo grieving for the West
Feather dressed and marching their refrain

All in the dark of Armstrong(?) point the marching band's ascent
But they never make a sound, just a quite prayer for communist square
Quiet congregation air, the night to rest our eyes
And put your lips to the horizon for a change

(Chorus)
Cover up the sun, let the river run
I pray the water come and wash me away
Carved in the sky, I'll make that Jesus(?) fly
Come on, just lay me down to die and just take me away
Yeah