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Oh my god
Please help me, waist deep in the river, can you hear my plea?
He says, son, you come like a beggar in the street
You might make it, boy, but by the skin of your teeth
You might make it, boy, but by the skin of your teeth, sayin'
He is getting deeper in the river, so he is also getting deeper in sins. And again he says it will need to pay a price to be forgiven and he doubts that he can make it or change and if he can it will be a close or "by the skin of his teeth".