I saw her standing there by the river's edge The first time I'd ever felt at home I could feel the weight inside bind me to the ledge Of being someone else I've never known I said my name was John but she knew my name was Jim You must be the man with no religion They say you're cold as ice but I see kindness in your eyes And all your life there's been something missing But I'll lead you darling out of the wild Away from that cold stealing hunger The storm's been raging inside your cloud I'll calm your lighting and thunder For a long, long time I've been a wanted man Never in the way a woman tells And you can't kill the pain with an age old shame But I can't get a word in with myself She said to be just like a man who is made from flesh and blood Well I can see the ghost that you have been Who walks into the fire and who wades across the flood The ghost is not the soul that makes the man But I'll lead you darling out of the wild Away from that cross you've been under The storm's been raging inside your cloud I'll calm your lightning and thunder I'll calm your lightning and thunder