Down by the river
The water´s cold
Used to have a girl but that´s alright
She came to me in a dream
And slipped away like a running stream

The hours of silence
In the light of the moon
Brings to me a sense of ease
There´s nothing else that I could do
For that woman won´t be pleased

I see her running
But I´m not the same
I´ve chased after pleasure
To bury my pain
But it´s resurrected
When I say her name
My love and regret are one in the same

The scream of a raven
The screech of an owl
A heartbroke and lonesome coyote howl

Those old Hartford records that we used to play
And the silence when she went away

A flower illustrated in bloom
Floating on a wisp of consciousness
She rides innocently down the river to
The place where the light lives
And shrugs off enchantment with a sigh
Dreaming from the first moment of her life
Unheard songs bathed in silver ring out as
Morning rolls into the endless

I see her running
But I´m not the same
I´ve chased after pleasure
To bury my pain
But it´s resurrected
When I say her name

My love and regret are one in the same

I keep wandering back
To a place in my mind
Where moonlight reflections return to her eyes
To gaze at the water once more
Before turning again to the sky

Down by the river
The water´s cold
Used to have a girl but that´s alright
She came to me in a dream
And slipped away like a running stream