Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Elbow
Canonical path: /elbow/the-river
Related lyric paths: 6
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The River
Read The River lyrics by Elbow on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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The River
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I walked with the river in kind of a dream
Hand in hand, the all-knowing river and me
To the clammer of rushes and deeply barren trees
A drunk making blossom, the blush to be seen
I told him my sorrows and broken-down dreams
Confessed every lie, replayed every scene
He openly wept as he listened to me
And then, with the sun in the west, he showed me the sea
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Elbow performs "The River", and this lyric page sits inside the Elbow catalog on LyroVerse.
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