I dont need to understand what this world is all about
I dont need to find a thing that will show me
There ain't much to think about
If I tell you what I did and I heal
All my sins will be absolved
But there aint nothing that I've done that I wouldn't 
just leave unresolved
That's why I go to the river but the river don't wash me 
clean
I dont need to understand what the world thinks of me
And I aint never going to chance because of something 
that you will never be
I dont care about what you believe everything you tell me 
that I'm not
I dont think that you can judge me
'Cause I'm not the only one you forgot
That's why I go to the river but the river don't wash me 
clean
I dont need to understand what the world wants from me
I dont even want to know what you always wanted me to be
If you listen and you'll find that I never really cared 
about what you think of me
And I fully comprehend that I never did became the man 
you wanted me to be
That's why I go to the river
But the river don't wash me clean
Lord have mercy
The river won't wash me clean