The River

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I was born by a river
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Rolling past a town
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Given no direction
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Just told to keep my head down
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As I took my position
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A man fired a gun
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I was so steeped in tradition I 
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could not run


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I was raised by a river
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Weaned upon the sky
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And in the mirror of the waters
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I saw myself learn to cry
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As the tears hit the surface
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I saw what had been done
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I gave feet to my freedom and I 
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did run


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Someday later
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I saw the writing in the dust
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It told me how I should travel
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It told me who I was


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      G            F    G Am
I ran far from the river
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Far as I could see
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And as the sun hit my shoulders
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I felt it burning me
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How I longed for the waters
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As the fire raged
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How I longed for the river as I aged


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I will die by a river
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As it rolls away
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Bury me in the night time
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Do not waste the day
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High above the waters
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That roll on to the sea
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All the angels in heaven will 
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laugh at me
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They will laugh at me
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They will laugh at me
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They will laugh at me


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My life was naught but a river
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Rolling through my brain
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Made of so many teardrops
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Made of so much pain