[Verse 1]
        
I will wait by

             
 the river in 

         
the light of t

   
he moon
         
At the edge of

             
 the city, I w

       
ill wait for y

   
ou
            
Though I can't

             
 wait forever,

            
 someday I'll 

            
be dead and go

ne
            
And I won't be

             
 forgiven for 

        
what I've done


[Hook]
        
I will wait by

       
 the river
        
I will wait by

       
 the river
        
I will wait by

       
 the river
        
I will wait by

       
 the river


[Verse 2]
        
I will cry out

             
 to heaven as 

         
it rains down 

   
on me
         
I will beg for

             
 forgiveness, 

       
get down on my

   
 knees
            
If I can't cha

             
nge the weathe

            
r, maybe I can

            
 change your m

ind
            
If we can't be

             
 together, wha

         
t's the point 

       
of life?

  
  


[Bridge]
             
Baby, I didn't

            
 mean the thin

     
gs I said
            
I don't honest

            
ly wish you we


re dead
             
I'm a fool, I'

 
m just a man
            
If I only coul

             
d hold you aga

in


[Verse 3]
           
And the stars 

             
fill the river

            
 as it flows i

        
nto the sky
           
And the mind l

             
eaves the body

            
 and floats hi

        
gher and highe

r
           
If we can't be

             
 together, I w

            
ill leave this

        
 world behind
           
If I can't tou

             
ch your body, 

         
can I touch th

       
e sky?


[Hook]
        
I will wait by

       
 the river
        
I will wait by

       
 the river
        
I will wait by

       
 the river
        
I will wait by

       
 the river