Spinning wheels and fishing reels and cockeled shell perfume Woolen shores and marketstores and flowers in full bloom Understanding people who will never stop and stare That is where I want to be River, won't you carry me back there? River run, river flow Take me where I long to go There's a place you will find Not too far away It's quite near today, in my mind Village full of cottages that no one ever planned Only cotton tablecloths, but always made by hand Cobbled stones and herring bones and sailboats gleaming white That's the shore I'm looking for Hope we make it by the morning light River run, river flow Take me where I want to go There's a place you will find Not too far away It's quite near today, in my mind River run, river flow Take me where I want to go There's a place you will find Not too far away It's quite near today, in my mind Riding on the riverboat And moving pretty slow But I know I'm gonna make it 'Cause the good Lord told me so River run, river flow Take me where I want to go There's a place you will find Not too far away It's quite near today, in my mind River run, river flow Take me where I want to go There's a place you will find Not too far away It's quite near today, in my mind Ooh, in my mind Ooh, in my mind