The River letra

I made a sideways motion
Turning a new leaf
The single minded miner's girl
Was there to share my grief
I shivered in the butter wind
Three times the cockerel crowed
I waited for the river
But the river did not flow.

An autumn turned to silver
Winter turned to gold
The weatherman said dress up
Oh but I did not feel the cold
Kids waited with toboggans
As I sheltered from the snow
I waited for the river
But the river did not flow.

I will drink the milk from you breasts
Meld myself to you
Collect the valley lilies
The worshippers once strew
My body aches with hunger
Yet your belly has to grow
I waited for the river
But the river did not flow.

The Strawbs - Letras

• A Boy And His Dog
• A Glimpse Of Heaven
• A Good Woman's Love
• A Mind Of My Own
• A Song For Me
• Absent Friend
• Afraid To Let You Go
• Ah Me, Ah My
• Alexander The Great
• Alice's Song
• All I Need Is You
• All In Vain
• All The Little Ladies
• Always On My Mind
• And Wherefore
• And You Need Me
• Another Day
• Another Day Without You
• AUTUMN
• Back In The Old Routine
• Back On The Farm
• BACKSIDE
• Barcarole (for The Death Of Venice)
• Beat The Retreat
• BENEDICTUS
• Beside The Rio Grande
• Big Brother
• Bitter Sunshine
• Blue Angel
• Burning For Me
• Can You Believe
• Canon Dale
• Carry Me Home
• Changes Arranges
• CHARMER
• Close Your Eyes
• Cold Steel
• Cry No More
• Cut Like a Diamond
• Deadly Nightshade
• Do You Remember
• Don't Try To Change Me
• Down By The Sea
• DRAGONFLY
• EVERGREEN
• Face Down In The Well
• FINGERTIPS
• FLIGHT
• FLYING
• Following The Rainbow
• FOREVER
• Forever Ocean Blue
• Further Down The Road
• Ghosts
• Going Home
• Goodbye (is Not An Easy Word To Say)
• Grace Darling
• Handsome Molly
• Hanging In The Gallery
• Hard, Hard Winter
• Heartbreak Hill
• HEARTBREAKER
• Heat Of The Street
• Heavy Disguise
• Here It Comes
• Here Today, Gone Tomorrow
• Hero And Heroine
• Hey Little Man (thursday's Child)
• Hey Little Man (wednesday's Child)
• Higher Germanie
• How Everyone But Sam Was a Hypocrite
• How I Need You
• Hummingbird
• I Don't Want To Talk About It
• I Feel Your Loving Coming On
• I Only Want My Love To Grow In You
• I Turned My Face Into The Wind
• I'll Carry On Beside You
• I'll Show You Where To Sleep
• I've Been My Own Worst Friend
• If
• In Amongst The Roses
• Inside Your Hell Tonight
• Is It Today Lord
• Jenny O'Brien
• Joey And Me
• Josephine, For Better Or For Worse
• Just Love
• Just The Same In Every Way
• Keep On Trying
• Lady Fuschia
• Lawrence Brown
• Lay a Little Light On Me/hero's Theme
• Lay Down
• Lemon Pie
• Let It Rain
• Let's Keep The Devil Outside
• Little Sleepy
• Martin Luther King's Dream
• Midnight Sun
• Might As Well Be On Mars
• Morning Glory
• My Friend Peter
• New Beginnings
• New World
• No Return
• Not All The Flowers Grow
• Nothing Else Will do
• Nrg
• October To May
• Oh So Sleepy
• Oh, How She Changed
• Old School Songs
• On A Night Like This
• On Growing Older
• On My Way
• Or Am I Dreaming
• Out In The Cold
• Part Of The Union
• Pavan
• Pieces Of 79 And 15
• Poor Jimmy Wilson
• Queen Of Dreams
• Rhythm Of The Night
• Ringing Down The Years
• Round And Round
• Russian Front
• Sad Young Man
• Sail Away To The Sea
• Sealed With a Traitor's Kiss
• SHEEP
• Shine On Silver Sun
• Silver Smile
• Simple Visions
• So Close And Yet So Far Away
• So Shall Our Love Die
• Something For Nothing
• Song For Alex
• Song Of A Sad Little Girl
• Spanish Is The Loving Tongue
• Starshine/angel Wine
• Starting Over
• Stay Awhile With Me
• Stone Cold Is The Woman's Heart
• Stormy Down
• Strange Day Over The Hill
• Sunday Morning
• SWEETLING
• Taking a Chance
• TEARS
• Tell Me What You See In Me
• Thank You
• That Which Once Was Mine
• That's The Way It Ends
• That's When The Crying Starts
• The Actor
• The Antique Suite
• The Battle
• The Blantyre Explosion
• The Desert Song
• The Flower And The Young Man
• The Golden Salamander
• The Hangman And The Papist
• The Journey's End
• The King
• The Last Resort
• The Life Auction
• The Man Who Called Himself Jesus
• The Plain
• The Promised Land
• The River
• The Shepherd's Song
• The Soldier's Tale
• The Soldiers' Tale
• The Vision Of The Lady Of The Lake
• The Weary Song
• The Winter And The Summer
• The Young Pretender
• There Will Come The Day
• Thirty Days
• This Barren Land
• Till The Sun Comes Shining Through
• Time And Life
• To Be Free
• Tokyo Rosie
• Tomorrow
• Turn Me Round
• Two Separate People
• Two Weeks Last Summer
• Under a Cloudless Sky
• Wasting My Time Thinking Of You
• Ways And Means
• We Can Make It Together
• We'll Meet Again Sometime
• When The Lights Came On
• When You Were a Child
• Where Am I/i'll Show You Where To Sleep
• Where do You (when You Need a Hole To Crawl In)
• Where Is This Dream Of Your Youth
• Whichever Way The Wind Blows
• Who Knows Where The Time Goes
• WHY
• Why And Wherefore
• Will You Go
• Witchwood
• Words Of Wisdom
• You And I (when We Were Young)
• You Keep Going Your Way
• You Never Needed Water
• Young Again