The Great Rivers Songtext
von These United States

Rain came down, 12:01
New Year′s Eve in Old London
I could only stand there weeping
On the mighty Thames

Alone and in love and fully alive
The first time in a lifetime
And all those people just floating on the water
Like a midnight gem

But will you go with me
Bittersweetly, skipping like a stone?
The great rivers
All the great rivers, I've already walked along alone

And it′s an upstream journey to you
Despite the sleight of hand the cold winds blew
The false direction laid atop
The current underneath


But I can forgive nearly anything
That ends on Autumn's tracks to spring
Followed you in dreams out
To that Mississippi beach

So will you go with me
Bittersweetly, skipping like a stone?
The great rivers
All the great rivers, I've already walked along alone

It′s not that you should stay the night
It′s just that you belong
It's not that I′m trying to make things right
I'm just so tired of being wrong

So will you go with me
Bittersweet, heedless
Skipping like a stone?
The great rivers
All the great rivers, I′ve already walked along alone

The great rivers
All the great rivers, I've already walked along alone