The River (Album Version)

Song The River (Album Version)
Artist Dan Fogelberg
Album Home Free

Lyrics

[00:01.33]
[00:41.67] I was born by a river
[00:48.90] Rolling past a town
[00:56.14] Given no direction
[01:03.01] Just told to keep my head down
[01:10.67] As I took my position
[01:17.85] A man fired a gun
[01:25.46] I was so steeped in tradition
[01:29.88] That I could not run
[01:50.41] I was raised by a river
[01:57.28] Weaned upon the sky
[02:03.58] And in the mirror of the waters
[02:10.38] I saw myself learn to cry
[02:17.56] As my tears hit the surface
[02:24.30] I saw what had been done
[02:31.35] I gave feet to my freedom
[02:35.28] And I did run
[02:55.75] Someday later
[03:01.73] I saw the writing in the dust
[03:09.21] It told me how I should travel
[03:16.89] It told me who I was
[03:45.28] I ran far from the river
[03:51.77] Far as I could see
[03:57.83] And as the sun hit my shoulders
[04:04.31] I felt it burning me
[04:11.05] How I longed for the waters
[04:17.66] As the fire raged
[04:24.21] How I longed for the river
[04:28.39] As I aged
[04:46.74] I will die by a river
[04:52.85] As it rolls away
[04:59.16] Bury me in the nighttime
[05:05.71] Do not waste the day
[05:11.76] High above the waters
[05:18.06] That roll on to the sea
[05:24.24] All the angels in heaven will
[05:28.42] Laugh at me
[05:30.42] They will laugh at me
[05:33.23] They will laugh at me
[05:36.22] They will laugh at me
[06:04.37] My life was naught but a river
[06:14.10] Rolling through my brain
[06:25.02] Made of so many teardrops
[06:36.00] Made of so much pain