Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Rivers, artist - Frank Turner. Date of issue: 02.06.2011
Song language: English
Rivers |
| Our history runs down our rivers |
| Down our rivers to the sea |
| Reminds us of the things that matter |
| Home and hearth and history |
| And all our sins will be forgiven |
| Washed away to set us free |
| By the rivers that run through our homesteads |
| By myth and modal melody |
| I trace these rivers from the cities to the seas |
| To remind me of what I already know |
| I traced the shorelines through a thousand estuaries |
| To remind me: an island is my home |
| An island is my home |
| I traveled far across this country |
| Northumberland to the Southern Downs |
| I wandered up the rolling Humber |
| And down the Thames to London Town |
| And countless lives were lived and lingered |
| In the Cotswolds and the Fells |
| And left a tapestry called «England» |
| Of life and those who lived it well |
| I trace these rivers from the cities to the seas |
| To remind me of what I already know |
| I traced the shorelines through a thousand estuaries |
| To remind me: an island is my home |
| An island is my home |
| Round here the sky is a little closer |
| A little closer to the ground |
| It’s hard for someone to get lost here |
| Harder still to get found |
| Though I’ve seen a thousand rivers |
| From the Mississippi to the Rhine |
| The only place that I’ll lay my hat down |
| Is by an English riverside |
| I trace these rivers from the cities to the seas |
| To remind me of what I already know |
| I traced the shorelines through a thousand estuaries |
| To remind me: an island is my home |
| An island is my home |
| So place your trust into the sea |
| It’s kept us safe for centuries |
| It shaped our shores and steadily |
| Its care has brought us calm |
| When I die, I hope to be |
| Buried out in English seas |
| So all that then remains of me |
| Will lap against these shores |
| Until England is no more |