From the recording Testimony
Lyrics
THERE'S A RIVER IN RENO
DOWN FROM THE CASINO
WHERE I'VE GAMBLED A TIME OR TWO
AND THAT WATER SURE IS PRETTY
WHEN THE LIGHTS OF THE CITY
SHINE AMIDST THE GLOW OF THE MOON
IT'S WHERE I'VE DONE MOST OF MY DRINKIN'
AND ALSO A WHOLE LOT OF THINKIN'
AND WHERE I CAME TO THE SOBERING CONCLUSION
HERE ON THE BANKS OF THIS RIVER IN RENO
I SAID A PRAYER AND I CALLED OUT TO JESUS
NOW THIS RIVER IN RENO
BRINGS BACK SWEET MEMORIES
OF A TIME WHEN I WAS LOST
BUT NOW I BELIEVE
AS I STAND IN THIS WATER
FOR EVERYONE TO SEE
THIS RIVER IN RENO
AS IT WASHES OVER ME
THERE'S A RIVER IN RENO
ACROSS FROM THE DEPOT
WHERE I THOUGHT I WAS LOING MY MIND
FOUND OUT I WAS GOING THROUGH A STAGE
OF WHAT THEY CALL MIDDLE AGE
NOW I'M HERE TO TESTIFY
IT'S WHERE I'VE DONE MOST OF MY DRINKIN'
AND ALSO A WHOLE LOT OF THINKIN'
AND WHERE I CAME TO THE SOBERING CONCLUSION
HERE ON THE BANKS OF THIS RIVER IN RENO
I SAID A PRAYER AND I CALLED OUT TO JESUS
AND THOUGH I'VE NEVER BEEN AS FAR AS SIN CITY
I'VE STILL SINNED LIKE ALL THE REST
I THANK GOD FOR EACH DAY I'VE BEEN GIVEN
FOR AS LONG AS HE'S WITH ME I'M BLESSED
THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB
GENTLY WASHES OVER ME