Your eyes are brown like a stormy river 
Your words they twist like a stormy river 
You turn to ice like a stormy river in the winter 
In the winter, stormy river, stormy river is you 

It's a bitter wind that's raging in you 
In you so long you no longer hear it 
It sweeps across the floor of your spirit 
Stormy river, stormy river is you 

I'm gonna get far away, get far away fast 
'Cause the future looks just like the past 
You can't help but leave damage in your midst 
I've got no time left in my life for this 

Rain comes down like cannonballs 
The thunder crashes, the engine stalls 
The lightning hits the electric tower 
In the midnight hour, stormy river 
Stormy river is you 

It's a bitter wind that's raging in you 
Makes me wonder where you've been to 
But I'm wary of asking questions 
I don't want to be taught any more lessons 
Stormy river, stormy river is you