ill meet you (on the west side of the river)
I’ve been looking seems like forever
To touch the ground where you once walked.
I didn’t think that I would ever
Hear you no matter how much we talked.
Now the ground it has turned to silver
The water it has turned to gold.
All your promises have been delivered.
I’ve got someone I can hold.
I think back on all the heartache,
All the loneliness, all the pain.
I think back on all the fire,
All the floods that knew no rain.
So I’m standing here waiting, waiting for you to show.
Next to a broken gate, that’s swinging, swinging back and forth,
And to and fro.
The air is warm but I shiver
And there’s no place else I want to go.
All your promises have been delivered.
I feel it in my soul.
My arms are waiting for you sweetheart
And there’s gladness in my heart.
Pass through the gate and show me how gentle
Is the end of our apart.
It had to be that I would meet you.
It had to be that you would laugh away my hurt.
It had to be that your footsteps would form silver
From every stride you took upon the dirt.
It had to be that a lonesome river along a lonesome borderline
Would turn into liquid gold that flows into this heart of mine.
Everything I’ve got is open for you.
There’s no more walls, no more masks.
There’s no need for anything, no nothing more for there to ask.
I’m sure you always, always knew, always knew that you would deliver.
I’m waiting here to meet you, to meet you on the west side of the river.
Yes I’m sure you always, always knew, always knew that you would deliver.
So I’m waiting here to meet you, to meet you on the west side of this river.