River Waltz Lyrics - Cowboy Junkies

I'm going to find me a dying river 

and strike a deal with her I'll say. 

"I'll fold you in two and I'll carry you away 

to a place where your headwaters will flow 

clean through to your mouth". 

in return I'll request a small sanctuary 

by her banks where we will live 

with our small family 

she will water our garden 

and clean the dirt from our skin. 

While the word clamours at our door 

we will dance and not let them in. 

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and if one day we wake up to a bed dry as a bone 

find our river stolen, find our sanctuary gone 

we will stand and take stock and be grateful 

for what we've not lost. 

we will pack up our bags, pack our small family 

head across the valley to where the aspen trees 

shiver as they ascend- 

the green hills rising to blue. 

at the edge of the shopping we will turn 

and bid fond ädieu". 

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All that I know to be true 

is the touch of your hand on my skin. 

one look from you can so easily soothe 

all this turmoil within. 

as we dance cheek to cheek 

with our feet so completely 

locked in a time all our own. 

I stop to speak 

but you gently keep me 

moving in time to the song. 

and in a voice that is sloppy with gin 

you say, "let the world spin". 

I'm going to find me a dying river 

and strike a deal with her I'll say, 

Ï'll fold you in two and I'll carry you away 

to place where your headwaters will flow 

clean through to your mouth". 

in return I'll request a small sanctuary 

by her banks where we will live 

with our small family 

she will water our garden 

and clean the dirt from our skin. 

while the world clamours at our door 

we will dance and not let them in.