Intro Verse No one knows where the lone wolf sleeps No one sees the hidden treasure in the castle keep No one learns the secret name No one burns in the absent flame No one broke D.B. Cooper’s fall No one hopes to hear the bagman call Children piping in the main square But no one’s dancing. No one’s dancing down there. The river goes where the water flows But no one knows where the Batcave closed The river goes where the water flows But no one knows where the Batcave closed Break Verse No promise sweeter than a blood pact Nothing harder to go through than a vanishing act No morning colder than the first frost No friends close than the ones we’ve lost Nothing sharper than a serpent’s tooth Nothing harder than the gospel truth Though you repent and don sackcloth and try to make nice You can’t cross the same river twice The river goes where the water flows But no one knows where the Batcave closed The river goes where the water flows But no one knows where the Batcave closed Bridge There’s a club where you’d like to go You could meet someone who’s lost like you Revel in the darkness like a pair of open graves Fumble through the fog for a season or two Verse No town more barren than our town No haven safer than the one they tore down No greater love than to lay my life down for a friend No sweeter pleasure than to see the credits clear through to the end No one knows where the lone wolf’s gone No one sees it camped out right there in the front lawn We played for you but you would not sing No one was going to get away with anything The river goes where the water flows But no one knows where the Batcave closed The river goes where the water flows But no one knows where the Batcave closed Outro

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