Town clock stopped tickin', but it ain't broken  
Got a problem that no one can define  
While that river keeps on a-flowin'  
Hang on children, it's a matter of time  
 
Angry child, impatience growin'  
Waits with her father in that unemployment line  
While that river goes on a-flowin'  
Hang on darlin', it's a matter of time  
 
Scarecrow watchin' years of growin'  
With floods of asphalt creepin' closer each time  
While that river goes on a-flowin'  
Hang on brother, it's a matter of time  
 
Sparrow, she's sleepin' with now way of knowin'  
What's goin' on inside those telephone lines  
Below, that river keeps on a-flowin'  
Hang on sister it's a matter of time  
 
Some say God created man, his likeness showin'  
I do believe they've got it backwards this time  
Somehow that river goes on a-flowin'  
Hang on children, it's a matter of time  
 
Tainted river flows to the ocean  
That coughs up on the shore its poisonous brine  
Why don't that river just stop a-flowin'  
Hang on children, it's a matter of time