She came back so farnStepped back from the moment that she knew she would fallnMoved into a crowded little room down a dimly lit hallnnHer eyes were a mysterynOne moment light then tired and scarednSaid that she was happy now, hoped he wouldn't find her herennShe goes out walkin'nLate September when the leaves are all gonenSometimes she stops and turns around, nYou know that memory lingers onnnShe says I know, nI think I understandnSome people walk protected, nSafe from troubles they'd never understandnNo matter how I try nI feel like sinking sandnI wake up in the night nAfraid that I mightnSlide through your handsnnUnderneath the twisted treesnAnd underneath the eyes of everyonenHe came back one night, screaming out her namenCrying look what you have donenWe just stood there watchin'nWishing there was somewhere we could run away and hidenIt took two men to hold him down and to get him outsidennI wish I was a rivernA river running free and runnin' wildnI'd wrap my waves around hernAnd carry her off long into the nightnnShe says I knownI think I understandnSome people walk protectednSafe from troubles they'd never understandnAnd no matter how I trynI feel like sinking sandnI wake up in the nightnAfraid that I mightnSlide through your hands