Oh Shenandoah I long to see thee Away you rolling river. Oh Shenandoah I long to see thee. Away, I’m bound away Cross the wide Missouri.
Twas 7 long years since last I see thee Away you rolling river Twas 7 long years since last I see thee Away, I’m bound away Cross the wide Missouri.
So I ran to the corners of the land And the sky did lay his hand so hard upon me. There I lay, 20 nights and 20 days And every day it seemed to rain And I felt your waters on me.
In 7 more years, I won’t forget thee. Away you rolling river. In 7 more years, I won’t forget thee. Away, I’m bound away Cross the wide Missouri.
Sometimes you love me but its wrong Still I beg for you to stay. You can only take me for so long Til you turn and walk away.
Half the time, if I let my mind go freely I can see the world in aqua blue. Pull me down with you into the deep we’ll die there nearly Then I feel I’m really loving you.
Sometimes I start to go insane And it makes you feel confused. You’ll get your things and leave so fast That I end up feeling used.
Half the time, give me love you know I’ll take it Spilling down the floor in aqua blue. Pull me down beneath the waves until you start to break me Then I feel I’m really loving you.
Walking by the river with you You seem to love me too but You’ll go away you always do.
You look at me with ice blue eyes Like a stone upon the stairs. Even if I said goodbye for good Well you wouldn’t even care.
Half the time when I look at you I’m smiling In your eyes a world of aqua blue. Pull me down beneath and we’ll begin the reconciling Then I feel I’m really loving you.
Nighttime is the right time for a game Make a move and then you wait if he feels the same So you float like a ghost in his car Ride up to the mountain top to watch a falling star
Close your eyes and feel the stream A world that enters like a dream His arm around you all you feel His other hand upon the wheel
Then all the stars come rolling down the river So far not bad. Til all the pain will come rolling down his fingers But maybe it will be okay if you don’t make him mad.
So you drink like a fish in his bar Laughter shimmer all around you can feel the golden fire When it floats like a song through your brain Look into his eyes again if he feels the same
But all the stories that you know The roads and places where they go A hill at night that you cant climb A tree that you cant hide behind
Then all the stars come rolling down the river So far not bad. Til all the pain will come rolling down his fingers Maybe it will be okay if you don’t make him mad.
