The wine may have gone sour But you can't blame the band Like you can't blame the locusts For drought on the land You can't blame the sea 'Cause it's full of your tears And you can't blame me For wanting you here There's a fork in the river No time to think twice A change in the weather So keep close at night A hissing in the wood pile A voice on the wind A fork in the river Is where we begin I once found a rainbow Lyin' flat on the ground But I just kept walkin' Thinking more were around The buzzard, the joker The beggar, the throne The roses, the sugar No safe passage home There's a fork in the river No time to think twice A change in the weather So keep close an eye A hissing in the wood pile A voice on the wind A fork in the river Is where we begin A fork in the river No time to think twice A change in the weather So keep close an eye A hissing in the wood pile A voice on the wind A fork in the river Is where we begin A fork in the river Is where we begin A fork in the river Is where we begin