[00:00.00]The River (Album Version) - Dan Fogelberg
[00:41.67]I was born by a river
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[00:48.90]Rolling past a town
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[00:56.14]Given no direction
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[01:03.01]Just told to keep my head down
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[01:10.67]As I took my position
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[01:17.85]A man fired a gun
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[01:25.46]I was so steeped in tradition
[01:29.88]That I could not run
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[01:50.41]I was raised by a river
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[01:57.28]Weaned upon the sky
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[02:03.58]And in the mirror of the waters
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[02:10.38]I saw myself learn to cry
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[02:17.56]As my tears hit the surface
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[02:24.30]I saw what had been done
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[02:31.35]I gave feet to my freedom
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[02:35.28]And I did run
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[02:55.75]Someday later
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[03:01.73]I saw the writing in the dust
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[03:09.21]It told me how I should travel
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[03:16.89]It told me who I was
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[03:45.28]I ran far from the river
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[03:51.77]Far as I could see
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[03:57.83]And as the sun hit my shoulders
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[04:04.31]I felt it burning me
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[04:11.05]How I longed for the waters
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[04:17.66]As the fire raged
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[04:24.21]How I longed for the river
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[04:28.39]As I aged
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[04:46.74]I will die by a river
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[04:52.85]As it rolls away
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[04:59.16]Bury me in the nighttime
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[05:05.71]Do not waste the day
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[05:11.76]High above the waters
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[05:18.06]That roll on to the sea
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[05:24.24]All the angels in heaven will
[05:28.42]Laugh at me
[05:30.42]They will laugh at me
[05:33.23]They will laugh at me
[05:36.22]They will laugh at me
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[06:04.37]My life was naught but a river
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[06:14.10]Rolling through my brain
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[06:25.02]Made of so many teardrops
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[06:36.00]Made of so much pain