roll river roll

i been dreaming lately 'bout this place in the country where the air is clean

unplug the cords and flip off the switches

kick off my shoes and feel the grass beneath my feet

sooner or later everyone will face this

wanna be the first one to embrace

and kick a hole right through my television

sit out on my porch with a big smile upon my face

'cause high above the tallest skyscrapers

deep in the cracks beneath the city streets

the seeds of change are already growing

everywhere people oare feeling incomplete

unconsciously

they are awakening

roll river roll

we gotta wash this whole place clean

and make the city like it never was

a faded memory or a dream

roll river roll

we gotta wash these tears away

i wanna face you

don't wanna never be afraid

and when

the rivers subside and the saplings rise

will we make a better choice than before

or are we bound to remake all the same mistakes once more

four sisters floated about on a raft fashioned out of the splintered remains of their home

they were cast out to sea by a storm wild and free and left to drift in the doldrums alone

one had brought silver

and another had gold

and a diamond so big it took two hands to hold

and the third had a brush and some lipstick and blush

to apply was her plan

at the first sight of land

but the fourth sister wept

for there was nothing she had kept of the broken world they left behind

she wept for the three

for even now they weren't free

as she gazed upon them one last time

and as they squabbled and fought over who had owned what

she said her goodbyes silently

and she tiptoed away on the crest of a wave

and the rest were buried in the sea

they were buried in the heart of the sea

roll river

black water

swallow the tears from the sky

rise higher

for 40 nights and for 40 days

we're gonna have to learn to live a better way

roll river roll

we gotta wash this whole place clean

and make the city like it never was

a faded memory or a dream

roll river roll

we gotta wash these tears away

i wanna face you

don't wanna never be afraid