River Chorus: River runnin' free let your water flow through me Reach beyond where I can see Quench some thirsty soul in need River... River Verse: I have lived in the desert I dwelt in a barren land Once I built my life upon the shifting sand I had no firm foundation Had no shelter to cover me There was little hope that I could see. Verse: Then I looked across this thirsty land Felt the heat of the burning sand Didn't think that I could live another day But then what had seemed a hopeless thing Turned into a desert spring And its waters washed my hopelessness away. Bridge: Oh, river flow through me Touch every soul I see Flow out of me.