Lyrics

When I was a child the rivers ran wild they danced in the morning sun
Many's a day I went to play fish by the old mill run
It came rolling down singing songs of dark mystery as it slipped through town

When I was fourteen I was brown and lean I loved to set my body free
To swim in the cold of the river's deep hold let the waters wash over me
It came rolling down singing songs of dark mystery as it slipped through town

Many's a night by the fireflies light I'd wander by the river alone
My mind always found that endless sound of peace where water meets stone
It came rolling down singing songs of dark mystery as it slipped through town

Now I cannot see where the fish swam free the millipods filling in
Will you pay the cost for a river that lost to generation's sin
Keep it rolling down singing songs for our children as it slips through town