Riverside - Steve Wynn, The Miracle 3

Leaning over shaky ground and daring it to bring me down

Dancing on the edge of darkness, wondering if I’ll ever drown

When they tip the house of cards, I’ll do my best to act surprised

Standing on the riverside and waiting for the tide to rise

Watching all the ships go by with fire rising from the deck

Scavengers leave empty handed, nothing left aboard the wreck

The promise of all the gold was just the devil in disguise

Standing on the riverside and waiting for the tide to rise

Juggler and a joker, preacher and a petty thief

All walked into a bar, looking for some sweet relief

Said the preacher to the thief, «We're all the same in his eyes

When we’re standing by the riverside, waiting for the tide to rise»

The revolution did go as planned

Done in by timing, finished by the hand of man

Termites and maggots delighted in the things they found

I wonder why it took so long to bring them down