Great Rivers

Rain came down twelve-oh-one
New Year’s Eve in old London
I could only stand there weeping on the mighty Thames
Alone and in love and fully alive
The first time in a lifetime
And all those people just floating on the water like a midnight gem
Will you go with me, bittersweetly
Skipping like a stone?
The great rivers, all the great rivers
I’ve already walked along alone
It’s an upstream journey to you
Despite the sleight of hand that the cold winds blew
The false direction laid atop the current underneath
But I can forgive nearly anything
That ends on autumn’s tracks to spring
Followed you in dreams out to that Mississippi beach
Will you go with me, bittersweetly
Skipping like a stone?
The great rivers, all the great rivers
I’ve already walked along alone
It’s not that you should stay the night
It’s just that you belong
It’s not that I’m trying to make things right
I’m just so tired of being wrong
So won’t you go with me, bittersweetly
Skipping like a stone?
The great rivers, all the great rivers
I’ve already walked along alone