River of No Return

Album: See the Light (1988)
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  • Well, you know you're gonna have to steal it
    If you want your cake and eat it, too
    There is no one less believin'
    Than the guy who's been deceiving you

    You got to pay the piper
    In the end you will be so much wiser
    Got to use your best endeavor
    When you're kissing to be clever

    'Cause it's a hard, hard lesson
    That you're gonna learn
    On the river of no return

    You been burnin' all your bridges
    Like a child with forty wishes
    On the river of no return

    Well, you got your finger
    On the trigger
    It would help if you was-a bigger
    Now, it's not easy, I know, it's not easy

    'Cause it's a hard, hard lesson
    That you're gonna learn
    On the river of no return

    Yes, you have done your share of cheatin'
    Now you're gonna have to take a beatin'
    You been acting like a sucker
    Now, you're gonna have to suffer, yeah

    'Cause it's a hard, hard lesson
    That you're gonna learn
    On the river of no return

    Say, say, say
    It's a hard, hard, lesson
    That you're gonna learn
    On the river of no return

    It's a one way to go
    It's on and on you go
    On the river of no return

    Say it again
    It's a hard, hard lesson
    That you're gonna learn
    On the river of no return

    Got swept out in the tide
    With no one on your side,
    On the river of no return Writer/s: Jon Tiven, Keith Reid, Sally Tiven
    Publisher: Royalty Network
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