River Of Tears Lyrics - Man Overboard - Ian Hunter

The River Of Tears 

Waiting on an elevator - in a hotel out in California 

Smog clouds up in the windows - but there is a plaque up on the wall 

That tells of the Agoras - people who were here long before us 

Before the covered wagons - before they lost it all 

They were hunters - they were fishermen und they often fought each other 

But one small tribe was different - their leader was a peaceful man 

They were weavers - they were painters - trading pelts for pretty colours 

Protected by the warriors for the beauty in their hands 

Roll back the years - roll back the years - to the river of tears 

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The chief he had a daughter - she was young and she was beautiful 

He said, "Go into the forest - get some berries for the dye 

But make your way back quickly - for the old bear's getting hungry 

I don't want you out there - when the sun falls from the sky" 

Her basket filled with berries - she headed back toward the village 

When a mighty roar erupted - she ran und hid inside a hollow tree 

Shadows were getting longer - the forest was getting colder 

And the chief began to panic - where could his daughter be? 

Lost in the years - lost in the years - on the river of tears 

In the camp the fires were dying when the old chief started crying 

Soon all the tribe were crying - the ground grew wet beneath their feet 

And the tears they turned to water and the water became a river 

And the river flowed like an arrow - to the foot of a hollow tree 

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And the girl looked out in wonder - as she saw the water falling 

She knew it was her father and she swam to his canoe 

And all the tribe stopped crying - and the river started subsiding 

Into the hill of the Agoras - and so the legend grew 

Roll back the years - roll back the years 

Roll back the years - to the river of tears 

I wish all the world was healing