I've become a glad man singing a song

About a soldier on a good and a fallen angel

Naked as a fish and a high

About a sad man climbed up a willow bough

And the cops are on the fence around a dog in the manger

And the mouth of the river is wide

Wide...



I've become a glad man singing a song

By the bushes, by the gas pump

Gon' the flower and a constant star collides

About a sad man singing they forgotten how

And the baby quick sucking when the milk went sour

And the mouth of the river is wide

Wide...



About a sad man lost in the hammock sway

When the bridal gown came on and spit out the window

And the cops say the dog won't bite

And the sad man's saying they forgot him when

And the blood running black in the valley shadows

And the river running all the while



I've become a glad man singing a song

About a lover rolled over, said you must be tired

And the truth coming towards the light

About a sad man knocking on a chapel door

And a burned out boat called "Tried by Fire"

And the mouth of the river is wide

Wide...