[Verse 1]
My old man would throw me in the truck
Put a couple flower bed worms in a cup
Didn't say a lot but I learned so much
Down by the river

[Verse 2]
When I turned ten
My hand let off of a pinewood pew
To that old rugged cross
Wasn't the Jordan but everyone watched
Down by the river

[Chorus]
Sometimes it's high
Sometimes it's low
Might be a little muddy
But ain't it kind of funny
It'll wash the dirt off of your soul
When it's my time, my time to go
I hope the good Lord's got a house for a sinner
Down by the river
So I can keep watching it roll
Watching it roll

[Verse 3]
We were too young to buy
But somеbody had a brother
We'd take that casе
And a little Marshall Tucker
Drank every damn one
Of them nights that summer
Down by the river
[Verse 4]
When you're 17 love's in the air
And you couldn't go here
And you couldn't go there
But I knew her daddy'd never catch her
Lettin' down her hair
Down by the river

[Chorus]
Sometimes it's high
Sometimes it's low
Might be a little muddy
But ain't it kind of funny
It'll wash the dirt off of your soul
When it's my time, my time to go
I hope the good Lord's got a house for a sinner
Down by the river
So I can keep watching it roll
Watching it roll

[Verse 5]
There's gonna come a day
God's gonna take me
It's tough but I hope
Somebody can maybe
Pull a few strings
So I'm pushing up daisies
Down by the river
[Chorus]
Sometimes it's high
Sometimes it's low
Might be a little muddy
But ain't it kind of funny
It'll wash the dirt off of your soul
When it's my time, my time to go
I hope the good Lord's got a house for a sinner
Down by the river
So I can keep watching it roll
Watching it roll
Mmm yeah