River

I was born in the path of the winter wind
 And raised where the mountains are old
 Their springtime waters came dancing down
 And I remember the tales they told
 The whistling ways of my younger days
 Too quickly have faded on by
 But all of their memories linger on
 Like the light in a fading sky
 River, take me along
 In your sunshine, sing me your song
 Ever moving and winding and free
 You rolling old river
 You changing old river
 Let's you and me, river
 Run down to the sea
 I've been to the city and back again
 I've been moved by some things that I've learned
 Met a lot of good people and I've called them friends
 Felt the change when the seasons turned
 I've heard all the songs that the children sing
 And listened to love's melodies
 I've felt my own music within me rise
 Like the wind in the autumn trees
 River, take me along
 In your sunshine, sing me your song
 Ever moving and winding and free
 You rolling old river
 You changing old river
 Let's you and me, river
 Run down to the sea
 Someday when the flowers are blooming still
 Someday when the grass is still green
 My rolling waters will round the bend
 And flow into the open sea
 So here's to the rainbow that's followed me here
 And here's to the friends that I know
 And here's to the song that's within me now
 I will sing it where'er I go
 River, take me along
 In your sunshine, sing me your song
 Ever moving and winding and free
 You rolling old river
 You changing old river
 Let's you and me, river
 Run down to the sea
 River, take me along
 In your sunshine, sing me your song
 Ever moving and winding and free
 You rolling old river
 You changing old river
 Let's you and me, river
 Run down to the sea