[Verse 1]

I wish that I cold be an Indian

On a painted pony so fast

No one could ever catch me

I get caught up in my past

I'd ride across many rivers

Use many moons to tell the times

Then I'd tell all the young warriors

Many moons ago this was mine, all mine

[Chorus]

Same ol' river

Same ol' sea

Same ol' water rushing over me

Same ol' moon

Same ol' sun

Same ol' race that we've always run

Same ol' race that we've always run

[Verse 2]

I wish that I could be a pirate

I'd sail the ocean blue

Way before the big liners

Started sailing them too

I'd bury most of my treasures

So I would leave a big hole

And the only real sense of pleasure that I'd get

Is I'd sail free of my soul

[Chorus]

Same ol' river

Same ol' sea

Same ol' water rushing over me

Same ol' moon

Same ol' sun

Same ol' race that we've always run

Same ol' race that we've always run

[Verse 3]

I wish that I could be a slave

It doesn't matter what kind

I'd sing a song for fallen angels

Try and be free in my mind

Then when no one wasn't lookin'

Well I'd drop my harvest plow

I'd find my own contemporaries

And wipe the shame from their brow

[Chorus]

Same ol' river

Same ol' sea

Same ol' water rushing over me

Same ol' moon

Same ol' sun

Same ol' race that we've always run

Same ol' race that we've always run

[Verse 4]

I wish that I could be an outlaw

Runnin' from the law sometimes

No vigilante against the seasons

But I can't help but read why

I'd always keep my revolver

Steady and fast at my side and

I'd rob a train bound for glory

'Cause I thought I needed a ride

[Chorus]

Same ol' river

Same ol' sea

Same ol' water rushing over me

Same ol' moon

Same ol' sun

Same ol' race that we've always run

Same ol' race that we've always run

So many things I ain't ever done