| Song | Like A River |
| Artist | Carly Simon |
| Album | Letters Never Sent |
| Lyrics:Carly Simon Music:Carly Simon | |
| Dear mother the struggle is over now | |
| And your house is up for sale | |
| We divided your railway watches | |
| Between the four of us | |
| I fought over the pearls | |
| With the other girls | |
| But it was all a metaphor | |
| For what was wrong with us | |
| As the room is emptying out | |
| Your face so young comes into view | |
| And on the back porch is a well-worn step | |
| And a pool of light you can walk into | |
| I'll wait no more for you like a daughter, | |
| That part of our life together is over | |
| But I will wait for you, forever | |
| Like a river... | |
| Can you clear up the mystery of the Sphinx? | |
| Do you know any more about God? | |
| Are you dancing with Benjamin Franklin | |
| On the face of the moon? | |
| Have you reconciled with Dad? | |
| Does the rain still make you sad? | |
| Last night I swear I could feel you | |
| Moving through my room | |
| And I thought you touched my feet | |
| I so wanted it to be true | |
| In my theater there is a stage | |
| And a footlight you can step into... | |
| I'll wait no more for you like a daughter, | |
| That part of our life together is over | |
| But I will wait for you, forever | |
| Like a river... | |
| In the river I know I will find the key | |
| And your voice will rise like the spray | |
| In the moment of knowing | |
| The tide will wash away my doubt | |
| 'Cause you're already home | |
| Making it nice for when I come home | |
| Like the way I find my bed turned down | |
| Coming in from a late night out. | |
| Please keep reminding me | |
| Of what in my soul I know is true | |
| Come in my boat, there's a seat beside me | |
| And two or three stars we can gaze into... | |
| I'll wait no more for you like a daughter, | |
| That part of our life together is over | |
| But I will wait for you forever | |
| Like a river... | |
| I'll never leave, always just a dream away | |
| A star that's always watching | |
| Never turn away | |
| We'll never leave, always just a thought away | |
| A candle always burning | |
| Never turn away | |
| The moon will hide, the tree will bend | |
| I'm right beside you | |
| I'll never turn away |
| Lyrics: Carly Simon Music: Carly Simon | |
| Dear mother the struggle is over now | |
| And your house is up for sale | |
| We divided your railway watches | |
| Between the four of us | |
| I fought over the pearls | |
| With the other girls | |
| But it was all a metaphor | |
| For what was wrong with us | |
| As the room is emptying out | |
| Your face so young comes into view | |
| And on the back porch is a wellworn step | |
| And a pool of light you can walk into | |
| I' ll wait no more for you like a daughter, | |
| That part of our life together is over | |
| But I will wait for you, forever | |
| Like a river... | |
| Can you clear up the mystery of the Sphinx? | |
| Do you know any more about God? | |
| Are you dancing with Benjamin Franklin | |
| On the face of the moon? | |
| Have you reconciled with Dad? | |
| Does the rain still make you sad? | |
| Last night I swear I could feel you | |
| Moving through my room | |
| And I thought you touched my feet | |
| I so wanted it to be true | |
| In my theater there is a stage | |
| And a footlight you can step into... | |
| I' ll wait no more for you like a daughter, | |
| That part of our life together is over | |
| But I will wait for you, forever | |
| Like a river... | |
| In the river I know I will find the key | |
| And your voice will rise like the spray | |
| In the moment of knowing | |
| The tide will wash away my doubt | |
| ' Cause you' re already home | |
| Making it nice for when I come home | |
| Like the way I find my bed turned down | |
| Coming in from a late night out. | |
| Please keep reminding me | |
| Of what in my soul I know is true | |
| Come in my boat, there' s a seat beside me | |
| And two or three stars we can gaze into... | |
| I' ll wait no more for you like a daughter, | |
| That part of our life together is over | |
| But I will wait for you forever | |
| Like a river... | |
| I' ll never leave, always just a dream away | |
| A star that' s always watching | |
| Never turn away | |
| We' ll never leave, always just a thought away | |
| A candle always burning | |
| Never turn away | |
| The moon will hide, the tree will bend | |
| I' m right beside you | |
| I' ll never turn away |