River Lyrics - Singles - Bill Staines

I was born in the path of the winter wind 

I was 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 a 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 a 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 wherever I go 

River, take me along in your sunshine, sing me a 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