Been travellin' these wide roads for so long my hearts been far from you ten thousand miles gone Oh, I wanna come near and give every part of me, but there's blood on my hands and my lips are unclean. In my darkness I remember mama's words reoccur to me, "Surrender to the good Lord and he'll wipe your slate clean" Take me to your river, I wanna go Take me to your river, I wanna know Dip me in your smooth waters I go in as a man with many crimes, come up for air as my sins float down the Jordan Oh, I wanna come near and give every part of me but there's blood on my hands, and my lips are unclean. Take me to your river, I wanna go Take me to your river, I wanna know I wanna go, wanna go, wanna go I wanna know, wanna know, wanna know I wanna go, wanna go, I wanna go I wanna know, wanna know, wanna know Take me to your river, I wanna go Take me to your river, I wanna know.