What Livin’ Means

She had enough of debts and bills She had enough of them whiskey and pills She wanna go where the water's clean She wanna know what livin' means Yeah she wanna know what livin' means He had enough of them guns and war He had enough of them pimps and whores Don't steal the gold from a young man's dream Or he'll never know what livin' means No, he'll never know what livin' means Goin' down to the river now I'm gonna take a dead man's hand Goin' into the water now Gonna find the Promised Land Lay me down as black as coal I'm gonna come up pure and clean Good Lord gonna let me know What livin' means Now we don't need them myths and creeds How's a good thing gonna grow in the middle of all them weeds You see a stubborn man'll die of thirst two feet from a mountain stream He don't know what's killin' him, don't know what livin' means No he don't know what livin' means Goin' down to the river now I'm gonna take a dead man's hand Goin' into the water now Gonna find the Promised Land Lay me down as black as coal I'm gonna come up pure and clean Good Lord gonna let me know What livin' means You see, I had enough of debts and bills I had enough of them whiskey and pills I don't need no more guns and war I don't need them pimps and whores All around, lord it's one long scream We all wanna know what livin' means We all wanna know what livin' means Goin' down to the river now I'm gonna take a dead man's hand Goin' into the water now Gonna find the Promised Land Lay me down as black as coal I'm gonna come up pure and clean Good Lord gonna let me know What livin' means (repeat to end)