C Speed river at my feet running low and flat Am I'm sitting here burning daylight thinking about the past F C and the distance out there where the earth meets the sky G F The slightest move and this river mud pulls me further down G F C John's at my side but he's sitting on firmer ground [Verse] C John says I look at the moon and the stars Am these days more often than I look into his eyes F C and I cant disagree so I dont say nothing G F I just stare on past his face at Venus rising G F C like a shiney speck of hope hanging over the horizion C With each passing year that I sit here Am that horizion seems to inch just that much nearer F C and all that appears on it seems as clear as spit G But if there's one thing in my life F that these years have taught it's G F that you can always see it coming C but you can never stop it [Chorus] C Speed river at my feet running low and flat Am I'm sitting here burning daylight thinking about the past F C and the distance out there where the earth meets the sky G F The slightest move and this river mud pulls me further down G F C John's at my side but he's not noticing that I'm drowning G F The slightest move and this river mud pulls me further down G F C John's at my side but he's not noticing that I'm drowning