I have been down the river
Sitting down upon the bank
Trying to think I'm shivered
So I leaped and sank

I came up once and hollered
I came up twice and then I cried
There's water up my knees now
I might have sunk and died

It was so cold - my skin crawled bad
I couldn't know - if I were dead

I'm alive - if you hit I bounce
I'm alive - if you pour I spout
I'm alive - if you dare I know how to play it
I'm alive - don't you come undone
Cause I might - pick you one by one
Don't you try - to disguise the way that you're feeling
I'm alive

I found my way to the top
When I arrived I took a glimpse
Of what it was to be down
Now I'm on the brink

I got the elevator
It didn't work I took the stairs
For hundred feet above ground
Driving my despair

The wind beneath - is tempting me
I thought of home - am I gone?

I'm alive - if you hit I bounce
I'm alive - if you pour I spout
I'm alive - if you dare I know how to play it
I'm alive - don't you come undone
Cause I might - pick you one by one
Don't you try - to disguise the way that you're feeling
I'm alive

Though you may hear me cry
I will be always dogged
Baby I will be damned
If I don't try this time
I'm alive

I'm alive - if you hit I bounce
I'm alive - if you pour I spout
I'm alive - if you dare I know how to play it
I'm alive - don't you come undone
Cause I might - pick you one by one
Don't you try - to disguise the way that you're feeling
I'm alive