The River Song

The River Song:                       © 1975 Tom Shindler

1. Oh River, flowing away,
   You don’t seem to be in no hurry today
   You keep flowing, flowing along,
   Filling up the forest with your River’s song
2. Sometimes you’re flooding, your waters run high,
   Sometimes you’re low but you never run dry
   As long as the sun melts the snow in the hills,
   Long as there’s rain the River will fill.

(Chorus) River flowin’ in the mornin’ sun,
All day long I’m watching you run.
When evening comes I’ll hear your song,
River sing a lullaby all night long.

3. You know River how it feels to roam,
   Come on River, carry me home.
   You’ve got a secret that I’d like to know,
   Come on River won’t you teach me to flow.
4. Now you ain’t got a worry and you ain’t got a care.
   Long as you’re movin’, it don’t matter where.
   Singing so peaceful and flowing so free,
   One of these days, you might get to the sea.

(Chorus)

1. Oh River, flowing away,
   You don’t seem to be in no hurry today
   You keep flowing, flowing along,
   Filling up the forest with your River’s song

You keep flowing like a happy song, come on River, take me along.
You keep flowing like a happy song, come on River, take me along.
You keep flowing like a happy song, come on River, take me along.