Down by the river

The water's cold

Used to have a girl but that's alright

She came to me in a dream

And slipped away like a running stream

The hours of silence

In the light of the moon

Brings to me a sense of ease

There's nothing else that I could do

For that woman won't be pleased

I see her running

But I'm not the same

I've chased after pleasure to bury my pain

But it's resurrected

When I say her name

My love and regret are one in the same

The scream of a raven

The screech of an owl

A heartbroke and lonesome coyote howl

Those old Hartford records that we used to play

And the silence when she went away

A flower illustrated in bloom

Floating on a wisp of consciousness

She rides innocently down the river to

The place where the light lives

And shrugs off enchantment with a sigh

Dreaming from the first moment of her life

Unheard songs bathed in silver ring out as

Morning rolls into the endless

I see her running

But I'm not the same

I've chased after pleasure

To bury my pain

But it's resurrected

When I say her name

My love and regret are one in the same

I keep wandering back

To a place in my mind

Where moonlight reflections return to her eyes

To gaze at the water once more

Before turning again to the sky

Down by the river

The water's cold

Used to have a girl but that's alright

She came to me in a dream

And slipped away like a running stream