GREEN RIVER

Lights were dancing
Footsteps of a mouse
On a postage stamp
I saw a picture of our new house
Red roof and magnolias
A field of olive trees
A Green River is rising
Nearly to my knees

Green River – Green River
Green River – Take my soul
out to the sea

Raisin bread and honey
Not as sweet as you
If I could tell your fortune
Would I lie or would I tell the truth
Depending if it brought you
To my arms or distant shores
A Green River is rising
Even higher than before

Green River – Green River
Green River – Take my soul
out to the sea

Three rings on my fingers
Past, present and fate
One came from Mississippi
The other from a different state
A state of forgiveness
Contradiction and the blues
A Green River is rising
Water filling up my shoes

Green River – Green River

Green River – Take my soul
out to the sea

This ship ain’t moving
Its attached to the land
Last night I slept in a bunk bed
Dreamed I was in prison
With a dangerous man
I woke up to the river
Who crept past us while we slept
A Green River keeps on rising
Until my eyes are soaking wet

Green River – Green River

Green River – Take my soul
out to the sea