The River (New Album Version)-Noel Gourdin

[00:00.000] 作词 : Gist, Keir [00:01.000] 作曲 : Gist, Keir [00:20.56]Growing up it was tough [00:22.68]We were glad for what little we had [00:25.87]I saw my share of old fair Mississippi [00:29.36]Dirt roads and Confederate flags [00:31.10] [00:31.61]Everyday my father would tell me [00:34.61]＂Son run and don’t never come back＂ [00:38.66]That’s where I left my girl [00:40.72]That’s where my heart is at and oh [00:44.02]I held my breath when they dipped my head [00:47.20]Then I came up shiny and new [00:49.28]Found out about love in the back of my Impala [00:53.14]Where they laid my grandfather too [00:56.07]Down by the river [00:57.84]Where black folks gather [00:59.64]After Sunday service is through [01:01.20] [01:01.95]How the river runs to the ocean [01:05.07]I’ll be running right back to you [01:08.25]I got along I’m moving on [01:11.37]I bandaged the scars up well [01:14.55]I think of her then I seem to wait [01:17.49]For a card or a letter in the mail [01:21.05]I walk the beach with the sand in my feet [01:23.78]Place my ear to a shell [01:26.16]I wonder if you miss me too [01:29.28]Cuz I been longing to get to you [01:32.47]I’m sick of staring out my window sill [01:36.84]I’m tired of hoping she remembers me still [01:39.39]I’m packing my bags I said I’m going back home [01:43.32]To the place where I belong [01:45.01]The river [01:45.70] [01:46.45]And if she’s there when I get there [01:48.82]I’m never gonna leave her again [01:51.12]You see she stole my heart [01:54.06] [01:54.75]Down by the river [01:56.01] [02:22.71]So I’m packing up my suitcase [02:25.71]Bought me a one-way fare [02:28.71]I’m leaving everything behind me [02:31.27]But in my heart I always care [02:33.82]And I’ll still be right there [02:38.38] [02:39.00]Thank you baby [02:40.43]Cuz nothing can replace that part in my life and whoa [02:45.18] [02:45.79]I held my breath when they dipped my head [02:48.61]Then I came up shiny and new [02:51.92]Found out about love in the back of my Impala [02:54.91]Where they laid my grandfather too [02:56.91] [02:57.47]Down by the river [02:59.34] [02:59.90]Where black folks gather [03:02.27]After Sunday service is through [03:03.77]How the river runs to the ocean [03:06.26]I'll be running right back to you