[Verse 1]
We all need a place where we can go
Time slows down and the world turns slow
Feet get wet when the night gets hot, you know
You know a place your worries won't get to
You look down, still see the moon
So dark that all that we can do
Is hear each other whisper

[Chorus]
That's why God made a river
Sent these waters rushing through
Like a waterfall from heaven washing over me and you

[Verse 2]
Where the stars come out and you see them shine
Shimmer in the water and in your eyes
Way out here there ain't no lights but those
While everybody else is fast asleep
No one's more awake than me
I can feel the current keep pulling us in deeper

[Chorus]
That's why God made a river
Sent these waters rushing through
Like a waterfall from heaven washing over me and you
That's why God made a river
I can feel it flowing through
Like a waterfall from heaven washing over me and you
[Verse 3]
Makes me think of that
Black and white picture up on the shelf
Great grandma standing with the preacher's help
Waist deep Caney Fork 1912
'Cause we can't save ourselves

[Chorus]
That's why God made a river
Sent these waters rushing through
Like a waterfall from heaven washing over me and you
That's why God made a river
Can you feel it flowing through?
Like a waterfall from heaven washing over me and you

[Outro]
Oh oh oh
Oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh, oh, oh
That's why God made a river
Oh oh oh
Oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh, oh, oh
That's why God made a river
Oh oh oh
Oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh, oh, oh
That's why God made a river
Oh oh oh
Oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh,oh,oh
That's why God made a river