The River (Album Version) (Album Version)-Dan Fogelberg

[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