Tender heart of a baby breath
Hedged around with a thorny kraal
Love came to hear you beat
You said no word when he called
River eyes don’t cry
Healing Angel came like a flood
Boat of your past had no holes
You soared and missed the death to the cloud
By which death would birth life of hopes
River eyes don’t cry
East to west, between the grave pits
You stood wishing you could go straight
When gods couldn’t hear you speak
Nobody was there to close the gate
River eyes don’t cry
Flowers by the way side
Blossom in a winter cold
Strength is the One who has might
To feed the weaker length of His bone
River eyes don’t cry