Uma Kompton - River to Sleep Lyrics

[Verse 1]Mary was a girl as sweet sixteenSo young, so leanThe hour she had planned had finally comeEvil deed that would be doneHer breath smells of cheap and angry ginMmm, a drunken grinShe took from the cradle, a young childSo sweet, a life to keepDown to the river, Mary creptAhh, while the townsfolk sleptThe cotton dress she wore blazed the nightSo bright, in the silver moonlightStars shone above her like a guideShe couldn’t hide from the pain insideShe reached the flowing river at ‘past tenMmm, too late to mendShe looked at the baby she had bornSo sweet, a light so pureShe kissed her on the head on which onceHer quiet friend, this was the endWith strength she didn’t know she even hadShe threw it in, oh what a sinThe cries from the water slowly diedHer eyes so wide, at the violent tideThe riverbed, a place to always sleepDon’t weep, a life to keepA life to keepA life to keep