when I saw him by the river
he just smiled and closed his eyes
he said: 'you know that you're gonna give her
one more present, one more lie,'
I didn't see him for a while then
though I heard his name around
so I walked down a hundred miles when
on that iron bridge it was him I found
I said: 'you know that I have wandered
by the dust here on my feet
for every present that I have squandered
on every false heart that I meet
but I can't take back what I gave them
no, I can't make right what I've made wrong
I can't pretend that I tried to save them
when they were drowning in my song
so I don't come here for a new scar
for to cover the things I've done
I just come here to see how you are
maybe see how I've become,'
well, he lay there on that iron bridge
where the earth and the waters part
he said: 'hello there, well, ain't you gonna give
one more present to your own false heart?'
