Ride out the storm 

Take on the wave 

Don't run, run, run 

The wind's gonna blow and the ground's gonna shake 

Then it's gone, gone, gone 



If I ask you tenderly, will you follow me down to the river? 

I'll let you down, I'll break your wings 

If you follow me down to the river 



Try not to mourn 

Shake off the pain 

Don't run, run, run 

The world's gonna spin and the earth's gonna quake 

Then it's done, done, done 



If I ask you tenderly, will you follow me down to the river? 

I'll let you down, I'll break your wings 

If you follow me down to the river 



Follow me down 

Follow me down to the river 

Follow me down 

Follow me down to the river 

Follow me down 

Follow me down to the river 



I've got it all, all ahead of me now 

A pattern's gonna form and the wind's gonna blow me down 



Ride out the storm 

Take on the wave 

Don't run, run, run 

The wind's gonna blow and the crowd's gonna break 

Then it's gone, gone, gone 



If I ask you tenderly, will you follow me down to the river? 

I'll let you down, I'll break your wings 

If you follow me down to the river 



Follow me down 

Follow me down to the river 

Follow me down 

Follow me down to the river 

Follow me down 

Follow me down to the river