Lyrics

RIVER

People say
There?s never really joy without some pain
Can?t appreciate sunlight ?til you?re drenched in rain
You won?t believe that a night can last a year
?Til you?re alone in the dark
And your love has disappeared
What do you do when it?s all more than you can stand?
When the dream you fought so hard to find
has slipped away right thru your hand?

LIFE IS A RIVER, IT GOES ON AND ON AND ON
IT RUSHES SO QUICKLY SOMETIMES, BUT IT?S NEVER REALLY GONE
YOU LOSE SOMETHING PRECIOUS
THEN JUST LOOK AROUND THE BEND
IF YOU KEEP YOUR HEART WIDE OPEN
THERE?S A CHANCE FOR LOVE AGAIN.

There are times, I?d rather lock the door and stay in bed
Rather than taste the poison words that someone said
There are times, when I swear I must be cursed
?cause the best day of my life has turned out to be the worst
Funny how true colors take the darkest night to show
How my very weakest moment proves
I?m so much stronger than I know.

LIFE IS A RIVER, IT GOES ON AND ON AND ON
IT RUSHES SO QUICKLY SOMETIMES, BUT IT?S NEVER REALLY GONE
YOU LOSE SOMETHING PRECIOUS
THEN JUST LOOK AROUND THE BEND
IF YOU KEEP YOUR HEART WIDE OPEN
THERE?S A CHANCE FOR LOVE AGAIN.

You won?t get too very lost
If you?re looking straight ahead
Don?t get tripped up on the rocks
Of sorrow and regret
There?ll always be those times we wish
This that the raging waves would end
But the secret of this life
Is rolling over it
To live again

LIFE IS A RIVER, IT GOES ON AND ON AND ON
IT RUSHES SO QUICKLY SOMETIMES, BUT IT?S NEVER REALLY GONE
YOU LOSE SOMETHING PRECIOUS
THEN JUST LOOK AROUND THE BEND
IF YOU KEEP YOUR HEART WIDE OPEN
THERE?S A CHANCE FOR LOVE AGAIN.

©2007 Dapo Torimiro/Janet Cole Valdez (661) 373-3353