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Artist: Sheryl Crow
Canonical path: /sheryl-crow/riverwide
Related lyric paths: 6
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Riverwide
Read Riverwide lyrics by Sheryl Crow on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Riverwide
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I spent a year in the mouth of a whale
With a flame and a book of signs
You'll never know how hard I've failed
Trying to make up for lost time
Once I believed in things unseen
I was blinded by the dark
Out of the multitude to me
He came and broke my heart
When the dust in the field has flown
And the youngest of hearts has grown
And you doubt you will ever be free
Don't bail on me
River is wide and oh so deep
And it winds and winds around
I dream we're happy in my sleep
Floating down and down and down
And the tide rushes by where we stand
And the earth underneath turns to sand
And we're waiting for someone to see
Don't bail on me
Tell ma I loved the man
even though I turned and ran
Lovely and fine I could have been
Laying down in the palm of his hand
Laying down in the palm of his hand
Laying there in the palm of his hand
Staying down in the palm of his hand
In the morning you wait for the sun
And secretly hope it won't come
But time washes everyone clean
Honey now, don't bail on me
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Sheryl Crow performs "Riverwide", and this lyric page sits inside the Sheryl Crow catalog on LyroVerse.
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