AS I WENT OUT WAL KING

ON A FINE SU MMER DAY

THROUGH HILLS AND THE VA LLEYS

I SOON LOST MY WAY

'TILL I CAME TO AN OLD MAN

KNEE LING DOWN BY A STREAM

GA ZING IN TO THE WA TER

LIKE HE WAS LOST IN A DREAM

IN HIS HAND WAS A PIC TURE

HE CLUNG TO FOR LIFE

HIS EYES FILLED WITH TEARS

AS HE TRIED NOT TO CRY

THEN HE LOOKED TO THE HEA VENS

AND HE STAR TED TO PRAY

IN THE QUI ET COUN TRY SIDE

I COULD HEAR THE MAN SAY

LIFE IS A RI VER

I'LL GO WITH THE FLOW

AND WHERE IT WILL TAKE ME

THE LORD ON LY KNOWS

I MISS YOU SWEET HEART

YOUR KIND NESS AND LOVE

BUT I KNOW ONE DAY

WE'LL SAIL A WAY

HE SAID NOW YOUNG MAN

YOU'RE A STRAN GER TO ME

COULD I BO THER YOU KIND LY

FOR YOUR COM PA NY

TO DAY I AM THIN KING

OF A TIME LONG A GO

AND I NEED TO TELL SOME ONE

OF A GIRL I LOVE SO

IT'S FOR TY TWO YEARS TO DAY

SINCE ROSE TOOK MY HAND

AND PROUD LY I LIVED LIFE

HER HUS BAND HER MAN

'TILL ON LY LAST WEEK SON

GOD TOOK HER A WAY

AS I KISSED HER SOFT LY

THESE WORDS SHE DID SAY

LIFE IS A RI VER

I'LL GO WITH THE FLOW

AND WHERE IT WILL TAKE ME

THE LORD ON LY KNOWS

I MISS YOU SWEET HEART

YOUR KIND NESS AND LOVE

BUT I KNOW ONE DAY

WE'LL SAIL A WAY

AND WITH THAT THE OLD MAN

SENT ME ON MY WAY

AND SAID BY THE WA TER

I'LL KNEEL FOR THE DAY

I LOOK AT THE RI VER

STAR TING OUT ON ITS LIFE

IT'S WHERE I FEEL CLOSE TO

MY BEAU TI FUL WIFE