River of Tears - Madeleine Peyroux

Stop all this talk, turn off the telephone

Open up another bottle, send those people home

Let it get real quiet, turn that lamp way down low

I’m gonna float down this river of tears

I remember how we spoke on the days he was dry

Even now that he’s gone he can make a woman cry

But he saw through me deaf dumb and blind

He knew his way down this river of tears

«Dashed hopes and best intentions"people say

He could sit and drink the way a monk could pray

So grab that silver flask, pour yourself another glass and

Watch me rage down this river of tears

Turn out the stars now, darken every one

Watch the clouds cover that big yellow moon

Close the blinds, mute the sun

There’s nowhere left to run

Picked up that old decanter that he used to drink from

Turned on his stereo just to hear it hum

Daddy I’m gonna wrap myself in blankets and listen to you sing

And I’m gonna float down this river of tears