It was just what you need for a place and time
Isn't that the way that you were blind
Took what you wanted, nobody was unkind
Had the heart but couldn't help having the mind
To say the things you said to me
Quietly in earnest, my reckoning
Up against all you've got to lose
On the phone for hours
Questioning the news
Try to give me a reason, but I'm not gonna ask
For anything from you or dwell on the past
Yeah, I'm just gonna name it, and then I'll step away
Down by the river I've got something to say
Like the things you said to me
Quietly in earnest, my reckoning
Up against all I've got to lose
Hanging out for hours
Hanging out the blues
Like the things you said to me
Quietly in earnest, my reckoning
Up against all we've got to lose
On the phone for hours
Hanging up the blues
Building up a temple
For love's truth
Yeah, I'm just gonna name it, and then I'll step away
Down by the river I've got something to say