The Present

When I saw him by the river He just smiled and closed his eyes He said: "you know that you're gonna give her One more present, one more lie," I didn't see him for a while then Though I heard his name around So I walked down a hundred miles when On that iron bridge it was him I found I said: "you know that I have wandered By the dust here on my feet For every present that I have squandered On every false heart that I meet But I can't take back what I gave them No, I can't make right what I've made wrong I can't pretend that I tried to save them When they were drowning in my song So I don't come here for a new scar For to cover the things I've done I just come here to see how you are Maybe see how I've become," Well, he lay there on that iron bridge Where the earth and the waters part He said: "hello there, well, ain't you gonna give One more present to your own false heart?" --- The Present - Hem