Watching The River Roll

Story Behind The Song

I was sitting beside the Oostenaula River in Georgia, wondering if the decision to seek adventure in Alaska was the right thing to do. The hardest thing about making a dramatic change in life is leaving behind someone you care about.

Song Description

Track #3 - Cabin Song David Walburn

Song Length 5:00 Genre Folk - Contemporary, Pop - Easy Listening
Tempo Medium Slow (91 - 110) Lead Vocal Male Vocal
Mood Moving, Diplomatic Subject Breaking Up, Sadness
Language English Era 2000 and later

Lyrics

Watching the River Roll
David Walburn 1998©
(406) 250-9415

Ummm, watching the river roll
Ohhh, watching the river roll

VERSE When I?ve got to search my soul
I go down river to Rocky Shoals and I sit a spell
And the river tells me the truth

VERSE I asked about you and all we have
Ah? girl it made me sad
?Cause I saw myself, somewhere else without you

CHORUS And I know it makes you unhappy
And I hate to see you cry
But this old river says we?re finished
?Cause my heart?s just ain?t in it --- anymore

VERSE I sit and stare all day long
Watching that river roll on without a care
And I wonder where the river?s been

?Cause a river knows when to slow down
When to speed up when to go around
It never fights with life it just takes a bend

CHORUS But you know that I?m unhappy
In this eddy of love
It?s a fight and I just can?t win it
?Cause my heart?s just ain?t in it --- anymore

VERSE The river?s telling me to jump on in
Boy it?s time you learn to swim on your own
All alone to somewhere new

VERSE The thought takes my breath away
Fear says, maybe I should stay a little while
Maybe I?ll learn to love you

CHORUS But I know it?s time for leaving
A river never hesitates
I guess I?ll keep on rolling with it
Until I find my heart?s in it

Lyrics David Walburn Producer Pat McGrath & David Walburn
Publisher copyright 2003- Walburn Publishing

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