[Pre-Chorus: Eric Bloom]
I've lived upon
The edge of chance
For twenty years or more
And this is what my friends all mean

[Chorus: Eric Bloom]
By Del Rio's song (Oh, Del Rio)
Del Rio's Song (Oh, Del Rio)
Del Rio's Song (Oh, Del Rio)
Del Rio's Song (Oh, Del Rio)

[Post-Chorus: Eric Bloom]
When time gets slow, and rivers freeze
I think you'd know enough

[Verse 1: Eric Bloom]
To call in touch that outer frame
The inner gain, a sullen gulch
Which opens up on the way to Blindman's Bluff
A suburb now of River Roads
Where quandry and sublime improve
The sight whose imagery
Is sometimes that of fear

[Pre-Chorus: Eric Bloom]
I've lived upon
The edge of chance
For twenty years or more
And this is what my friends all mean
[Chorus: Eric Bloom]
By Del Rio's song (Oh, Del Rio)
Del Rio's Song (Oh, Del Rio)
Del Rio's Song (Oh, Del Rio)
Del Rio's Song (Oh, Del Rio)

[Post-Chorus: Eric Bloom]
When time gets slow, and rivers freeze
I think you'd know enough

[Verse 2: Eric Bloom]
To shut the gates of walled town walls
And putting up some good rum punch
Forget the way to Blindman's Bluff
So packed with eyes
That glow like coals
And pointing towards the North
Oh, my boat left New Orleans in 1829!

[Instrumental Bridge]
Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!

[Bridge: Eric Bloom]
My destination is a secret
And the doctrine is soft
And just between the verse and me
It's a place where you can see
Lost, last and luminous
Scored to sky yet never found
Relics of jewels
And ant-track tools
A true ghost dance
Rehearsal Ground
[Pre-Chorus: Eric Bloom]
I've lived upon
The edge of chance
For twenty years or more
And this is what my friends all mean
I've lived upon
The edge of chance
For twenty years or more
And this is what my friends all mean

[Chorus: Eric Bloom]
By Del Rio's song (Oh, Del Rio)
Del Rio's Song (Oh, Del Rio)
Del Rio's Song (Oh, Del Rio)
Del Rio's Song (Oh, Del Rio)
Del Rio's Song (Oh, Del Rio)
Del Rio's Song (Oh, Del Rio)
Oh, Del Rio's Song (Oh, Del Rio)
Del Rio's Song (Oh, Del Rio)
Del Rio's Song (Oh, Del Rio)
Oh, Del Rio's Song (Oh, Del Rio)
Oh, Del Rio's Song (Oh, Del Rio)
Oh, Del Rio's Song (Oh, Del Rio)
Oh, Del Rio's Song (Oh, Del Rio)
Del Rio's Song (Oh, Del Rio)