The River

I stood and watched my daddy die

No one could help his plight

He was trying to save our home

On the day that the river rose

Well, "It came alive"

I heard them say

"There was nothing we could do

As he washed away"

Running from the heart of it

Right into the cause of it

Running from the heart of it

Right into the core of it

Running from the heart...

I'm a man now but I'm only seven

Well, it's been hard since daddy went to heaven

"Stay in now", my mum said

And he worked his land, his life a tear

Running from the heart of it

Right into the cause of it

Running from the heart of it

Right into the core of it

Running from the heart...

Hey, but once you follow me late at night

We'll go down down to the river where the moon is bright

And we can wash our sorrow down

Underneath that shining round

You'll be sitting in the still night air

Cani, Phil, daddy there

Life and death and all this power

Underneath these these shining stars

Running from the heart of it

Right into the cause of it

Running from the heart of it

Right into the core of it

Running from the heart...

You give us strength, while we talk