Intro
A#m C# F#
I've been a liar, been a thief, been a lover, been a cheat
G# A#m C# F#
All my sins need holy water, feel it washin' over me
G# A#m C# F#
Well little one, I don't want to admit to something
G# A#m C# F#
If all it's gonna cause is pain, truth in my lies right now are falling like the rain
G#
So let the river run
[Verse 1]
A#m C#
He's comin' home with his neck scratched to catch flack
F# G#
Sweat jackets and dress slacks, mismatched
A#m C#
On his breath's Jack, he's a sex addict and she just wants to
F# D#5 G#
Exact revenge and get back
A#m C#
It's a chess match, she's on his back like a jet-pack
F# G#
She's kept track of all his Internet chats and guess who just
A#m C#
Happens to be movin' on to the next actually
F# D#5 G#
Just shit on my last chick and she has what my ex lacks
A#m C#
'Cause she loves danger, psychopath
F# G#
And you don't fuck with no man's girl, even I know that
A#m C#
But she's devised some plan to stab him in the back
F# D#5 G#
Knife in hand, says the relationship's hangin' by a strand
A#m C#
So she's been on the web lately
F# G#
Says maybe she'll be my Gwen Stacy, to spite her man
A#m C#
And I know she's using me to try to play him
F#
I don't care, "hi Suzanne", but I shoulda said "bye Suzanne"
After the first night, but tonight I am
[Chorus 1]
A#m C# F#
I've been a liar, been a thief, been a lover, been a cheat
G# A#m C# F# D#5
All my sins need holy water, feel it washin' over me
A#m C# F#
Well little one, I don't want to admit to something
G# A#m C# F#
If all it's gonna cause is pain, truth in my lies now are falling like the rain
D#5
So let the river run
[Verse 2]
A#m C#
One-night stand turned to a two-night stand, it was
F# G#
"Come sunlight, scram," now we hug tight and
A#m C#
He found out, now she feels deserted and used
F# D#5 G#
'Cause he left, so what, he did it first to her too
A#m C#
Now how am I supposed to tell this girl that we're through?
F# G#
It's hard to find the words, I'm aloof, nervous and Sue
A#m
Don't want this to hurt but what you deserve is the truth
C# F# D#5 G#
Don't take it personal, I just can't say this in person to you
A#m C# F#
So I revert to the studio like hole-in-the-wall diners
G#
Don't have to be reserved in a booth
A#m C#
I just feel like the person who I'm turnin' into's
F# D#5 G#
Irreversible, I preyed on you like it's church at the pew
A#m
And now that I got you I don't want you
C# F#
Took advantage in my thirst to pursue
G#
Why do I do this dirt that I do?
A#m C#
Get on my soapbox and preach, my sermon and speech
F#
Detergent and bleach is burnin' the wound
'Cause now with her in the womb
We can't bring her in this world, shoulda knew
To use protection 'fore I bit into your forbidden fruit
[Chorus 2]
A#m C# F#
I've been (fuck!) a liar, been a thief, been a lover, been a cheat
G# A#m C# F# D#5
All my sins need holy water, feel it washin' over me
A#m C# F#
Well little one, I don't want to admit to something
G# A#m C# F#
If all it's gonna cause is pain, truth in my lies now are falling like the rain
D#5
So let the river run
[Bridge]
A#m C# F#
My name's (oh-oh), my name's (oh-oh) Denver (oh-oh), river run
A#m C# F#
Just call me (oh-oh), call me (oh-oh) River (oh-oh)
N.C.
We'll let the river run
[Verse 3]
F#
Always the bridesmaid, never "the bride, hey"
G#5
Fuck can I say, if life was a highway
F#
And deceit was an enclave, I'd be swerving in five lanes
A#m G#5
Speeds at a high rate like I'm slidin' on ice maybe
F#
That's why I'm may have came at you sideways
G#5
I can't keep my lies straight
A#m
But I made you terminate my baby
A#m
This love triangle left us in a wreck, tangled
F#
What else can I say, it was fun for a while, bet I really woulda loved your smile
Didn't really wanna abort but fuck it, what's one more lie to tell our unborn child?
[Chorus 3]
A#m C# F#
I've been a liar, been a thief, been a lover, been a cheat
G# A#m C# F#
All my sins need holy water, feel it washin' over me
G# A#m C# F#
Well little one, (I’m sorry) I don't want to admit to something (I fucked up)
G# A#m C# F#
If all it's gonna cause is pain, the truth in my lies now are falling like the rain
G#
So let the river run (river run, river run, river run)