| JOMCCAFFERTY.COM | > HOME > WORDS > RIVER | CONTACT | LEGAL | PRIVACY | River From 'Nothing Whispered To Katy' My mind is like a spent match That's burned down to the core I can't be touched I need to be held But no one wants to love a child-whore My love is never ending But for fear it can't be seen 'Cos no one will dig deep enough To find eternal truth in me And will you let me turn to you When the memories are flooding back Behind this confident and happy shell There's somebody who wants to find A silver glistening river from hell And my pain it is wordless No language could describe The agony I went through That still is bottled up inside And will you let me turn to you When the memories are flooding back Behind this confident and happy shell There's somebody who wants to find A silver glistening river from hell One time a gentleman came knocking at my door And I said to him, I'd be loving him If he could wait an hour or more But he ran And was never seen again And will you let me turn to you When the memories are flooding back Behind this confident and happy shell There's somebody who wants to find A silver glistening river from hell Out of hell