The River - Good Charlotte

"A music video for the song was shot in mid-December, 2006, in Los Angeles, California with director Marc Webb, who has done the Motivation Proclamation and Festival Song videos for the band before, but had not directed a video for them since 2001. It features Good Charlotte performing alongside the concrete L.A. river bank that runs through the city, contrasted with classic images of the beauty and history of Los Angeles. The video clip shows the two sides of L.A., the excitement and glamour of L.A. that the band witnessed early on in their career and then the deeper/darker hidden side of L.A. that people and the band saw after living there for years. MySpace celebrity Jeffree Star and actress Megan Fox are featured in the background throughout the video." Credit: Wikipedia

"[Verse 1]
As I walk through the valley
Of the shadow of L.A
The footsteps that were next to me
Have gone their separate ways



I've seen enough now to know that beautiful things
Don't always stay that way
I've done enough now to know this beautiful place
Isn't everything they say

[Chorus 1]
I heard that evil comes disguised
Like the city of angels
I'm walking towards the light
Baptized in the river
I've seen a vision of my life and I want to be delivered
In the city was a sinner
I've done a lot of things wrong but I swear I'm a believer
Like the prodigal son, I was out on my own
Now I'm trying to find my way back home
Baptized in the river
I'm delivered, I'm delivered

[Verse 2]
You're from a small town
You're going to grow up fast underneath these lights
Down in Hollywood on the boulevard
The dead come back to life
To the praying Mother and the worried Father
Let your children go
If they come back they'll come home stronger
And if they don't you'll know

[Chorus 1]

[Chorus 2] [x3]
Baptized in the river
(On my own!)
Baptized in the river
(On my own!)
I want to be delivered"
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