The River - New Album Version

Song The River - New Album Version
Artist Noel Gourdin
Album After My Time

Lyrics

[00:20.56] Growing up it was tough
[00:22.68] We were glad for what little we had
[00:25.87] I saw my share of old fair Mississippi
[00:29.36] Dirt roads and Confederate flags
[00:31.10]
[00:31.61] Everyday my father would tell me
[00:34.61] ＂Son run and don’t never come back＂
[00:38.66] That’s where I left my girl
[00:40.72] That’s where my heart is at and oh
[00:44.02] I held my breath when they dipped my head
[00:47.20] Then I came up shiny and new
[00:49.28] Found out about love in the back of my Impala
[00:53.14] Where they laid my grandfather too
[00:56.07] Down by the river
[00:57.84] Where black folks gather
[00:59.64] After Sunday service is through
[01:01.20]
[01:01.95] How the river runs to the ocean
[01:05.07] I’ll be running right back to you
[01:08.25] I got along I’m moving on
[01:11.37] I bandaged the scars up well
[01:14.55] I think of her then I seem to wait
[01:17.49] For a card or a letter in the mail
[01:21.05] I walk the beach with the sand in my feet
[01:23.78] Place my ear to a shell
[01:26.16] I wonder if you miss me too
[01:29.28] Cuz I been longing to get to you
[01:32.47] I’m sick of staring out my window sill
[01:36.84] I’m tired of hoping she remembers me still
[01:39.39] I’m packing my bags I said I’m going back home
[01:43.32] To the place where I belong
[01:45.01] The river
[01:45.70]
[01:46.45] And if she’s there when I get there
[01:48.82] I’m never gonna leave her again
[01:51.12] You see she stole my heart
[01:54.06]
[01:54.75] Down by the river
[01:56.01]
[02:22.71] So I’m packing up my suitcase
[02:25.71] Bought me a one-way fare
[02:28.71] I’m leaving everything behind me
[02:31.27] But in my heart I always care
[02:33.82] And I’ll still be right there
[02:38.38]
[02:39.00] Thank you baby
[02:40.43] Cuz nothing can replace that part in my life and whoa
[02:45.18]
[02:45.79] I held my breath when they dipped my head
[02:48.61] Then I came up shiny and new
[02:51.92] Found out about love in the back of my Impala
[02:54.91] Where they laid my grandfather too
[02:56.91]
[02:57.47] Down by the river
[02:59.34]
[02:59.90] Where black folks gather
[03:02.27] After Sunday service is through
[03:03.77] How the river runs to the ocean
[03:06.26] I'll be running right back to you

Pinyin

[00:20.56] Growing up it was tough
[00:22.68] We were glad for what little we had
[00:25.87] I saw my share of old fair Mississippi
[00:29.36] Dirt roads and Confederate flags
[00:31.10]
[00:31.61] Everyday my father would tell me
[00:34.61] Son run and don' t never come back
[00:38.66] That' s where I left my girl
[00:40.72] That' s where my heart is at and oh
[00:44.02] I held my breath when they dipped my head
[00:47.20] Then I came up shiny and new
[00:49.28] Found out about love in the back of my Impala
[00:53.14] Where they laid my grandfather too
[00:56.07] Down by the river
[00:57.84] Where black folks gather
[00:59.64] After Sunday service is through
[01:01.20]
[01:01.95] How the river runs to the ocean
[01:05.07] I' ll be running right back to you
[01:08.25] I got along I' m moving on
[01:11.37] I bandaged the scars up well
[01:14.55] I think of her then I seem to wait
[01:17.49] For a card or a letter in the mail
[01:21.05] I walk the beach with the sand in my feet
[01:23.78] Place my ear to a shell
[01:26.16] I wonder if you miss me too
[01:29.28] Cuz I been longing to get to you
[01:32.47] I' m sick of staring out my window sill
[01:36.84] I' m tired of hoping she remembers me still
[01:39.39] I' m packing my bags I said I' m going back home
[01:43.32] To the place where I belong
[01:45.01] The river
[01:45.70]
[01:46.45] And if she' s there when I get there
[01:48.82] I' m never gonna leave her again
[01:51.12] You see she stole my heart
[01:54.06]
[01:54.75] Down by the river
[01:56.01]
[02:22.71] So I' m packing up my suitcase
[02:25.71] Bought me a oneway fare
[02:28.71] I' m leaving everything behind me
[02:31.27] But in my heart I always care
[02:33.82] And I' ll still be right there
[02:38.38]
[02:39.00] Thank you baby
[02:40.43] Cuz nothing can replace that part in my life and whoa
[02:45.18]
[02:45.79] I held my breath when they dipped my head
[02:48.61] Then I came up shiny and new
[02:51.92] Found out about love in the back of my Impala
[02:54.91] Where they laid my grandfather too
[02:56.91]
[02:57.47] Down by the river
[02:59.34]
[02:59.90] Where black folks gather
[03:02.27] After Sunday service is through
[03:03.77] How the river runs to the ocean
[03:06.26] I' ll be running right back to you