Town clock stopped tickin', but it ain't broken    Got a problem that no one can define    While that river keeps on a-flowin'    Hang on children, it's a matter of time       Angry child, impatience growin'    Waits with her father in that unemployment line    While that river goes on a-flowin'    Hang on darlin', it's a matter of time       Scarecrow watchin' years of growin'    With floods of asphalt creepin' closer each time    While that river goes on a-flowin'    Hang on brother, it's a matter of time       Sparrow, she's sleepin' with now way of knowin'    What's goin' on inside those telephone lines    Below, that river keeps on a-flowin'    Hang on sister it's a matter of time       Some say God created man, his likeness showin'    I do believe they've got it backwards this time    Somehow that river goes on a-flowin'    Hang on children, it's a matter of time       Tainted river flows to the ocean    That coughs up on the shore its poisonous brine    Why don't that river just stop a-flowin'    Hang on children, it's a matter of time