Intro : (x4)
I looked out acros s
The river t oday
I saw a city in the fog and an ol d church tow er
Where th e seagulls pla y
I saw the s ad shire horses walking hom e
In the sodium ligh t
I saw two priests on the ferry
October geese on a cold winter' s ni ght
And all this time
The river flowed
Endlessl y to the sea
Two priests came rou nd o ur ho use tonight
One youn g one old to offer prayers for th e dying
To serve the final ri te
One to learn one to te ach
Which wa y the c old wind bl ows
Fuss ing and fla pping in pr iestly black
Like a m urder of cr ows
And all this time the river flowe d
Endless ly to the sea
If I had my way I'd tak e a boat from the river
And I'd bury the old ma n
I'd bury him at sea
Blessed are the poor for they shall inherit the ear th
Better to be poo r than a fat man in th e eye of th e needl e
And as these wor ds were spo ken I swear I he ar the old man lau ghin g
What good is a u sed up worl d and h ow could it be
Worth ha ving
And all this time the river flowe d
Endless ly like a silent tear
And all this time the r iver flow ed
Father if Je sus exist
Then how come he never lived here
The teachers t old us the Ro mans built this pl ace
They built a wal l an d a temple an edge of the empire
Garrison tow n
They lived and they die d th ey prayed to their g ods
But the stone g ods did not make a sound
And their em pire cr umbled 'til all that w as left
Were the sto nes the workmen found
And all this time
The river flowed
Endlessl y to the sea
If I had my way
I'd take a boat from the ri ver
Men go crazy in congregations
But they only get better one by one
One by one
One by o ne e tc
