Released: September 29, 1992
Songwriter: Jerry Cantrell
Producer: Alice in Chains Dave Jerden
[Verse 1]
I broke you in the canyon
I drowned you in the lake
You, a snake that I would trample
Only thing I'd not embrace
[Chorus]
Oh, you couldn't dam that river
And maybe I don't give a damn anyway
So you couldn't dam that river
And it washed me so far away
[Verse 2]
I pushed and then you stumbled
I kicked you in the face
You stared at me so hollow
Got to keep that killing pace
[Chorus]
Oh, you couldn't dam that river
And maybe I don't give a damn anyway
So you couldn't dam that river
And it washed me so far away
[Guitar Solo]
[Verse 3]
I burned the place around you
I hit you with a rake
You piss upon my candle
So proving you're a fake
[Chorus]
Oh, you couldn't dam that river
And maybe I don't give a damn anyway
So you couldn't dam that river
And it washed me so far away
I broke you in the canyon
I drowned you in the lake
You, a snake that I would trample
Only thing I'd not embrace
[Chorus]
Oh, you couldn't dam that river
And maybe I don't give a damn anyway
So you couldn't dam that river
And it washed me so far away
[Verse 2]
I pushed and then you stumbled
I kicked you in the face
You stared at me so hollow
Got to keep that killing pace
[Chorus]
Oh, you couldn't dam that river
And maybe I don't give a damn anyway
So you couldn't dam that river
And it washed me so far away
[Guitar Solo]
[Verse 3]
I burned the place around you
I hit you with a rake
You piss upon my candle
So proving you're a fake
[Chorus]
Oh, you couldn't dam that river
And maybe I don't give a damn anyway
So you couldn't dam that river
And it washed me so far away
The Essential Alice in Chains
- Rooster
- Dam That River
- Dirt
- Hate to Feel
- Angry Chair
- Brother
- Got Me Wrong
- Am I Inside
- Get Born Again
- Over Now (Unplugged)
- Died
- What the Hell Have I? (Remix)
- A Little Bitter (Remix)
- Love, Hate, Love
- Sea of Sorrow
- Them Bones
- Would?
- Grind
- Heaven Beside You
- Again
- Right Turn
- God Smack
- Man in the Box
- I Stay Away
- No Excuses
- Rain When I Die
- We Die Young
- Nutshell (Unplugged)
- Dirt (1992)
- Music Bank (1999)
- The Essential Alice in Chains (2006)