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Goin' Down Into The River

from At Water's Edge by Durand Robinson

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The first time I played this was for a group of songwriting friends of mine who wouldn’t consider themselves religious at all. But by the second chorus we were “having church.” One of them told me his favorite line was “let me feel the water wash away the man that I have been.” This song’s dedicated to anyone that needs a fresh start.

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I have spoken words in anger that should never have been said.
If my mouth had been a pistol, folks around me’d all be dead.
But those days are gone forever ‘cause I’m giving up my pride.
Goin’ down into the river, comin’ up the other side.

Chorus
Goin’ down into the river where a soul can start again.
Let me feel the water wash away the man that I have been.
Got a need as deep as oceans, and it will not be denied.
Goin’ down into the river, comin’ up the other side.

Well, my mind has been a dark place full of thoughts best left unseen.
Prob’ly put me in the jailhouse if they’d shown them on a screen.
Gonna take more than what I can do to clean the mess I hide.
Goin’ down into the river comin’ up the other side.
(chorus)

I could tell you I’m unselfish, but it’s not polite to lie.
My whole life has been a monument to me, myself and I.
Time to change my way of livin’ at the waters deep and wide.
Goin’ down into the river, comin’ up the other side.
(chorus)

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from At Water's Edge, released September 20, 2013

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Durand Robinson Birmingham, Alabama

Telling stories is as natural as breathing. Life is full of them. I go by Durand instead of Noel because of a story. I've moved more than twenty times. There are lots of stories behind that. I've lived around the world, learning stories.
Songwriting isn’t a skill that’s separated from life. Music comes from living and observing life around me. That’s why I keep a blog… breadcrumbs for my memory. ... more

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