Lyrics Like a River (Govinda Damodara Madhaveti) - Jahnavi Harrison

Like a River (Govinda Damodara Madhaveti)

Govinda!
Damodara!
Madhaveti!
He Krishna!
He Yadava!
He Sakheti!
The well I drank from has run dry;
the river bed has moved over years,
Now cell phones ring instead of bells;
the sacred hill has almost disappeared.
Prayers and ashes at the river’s edge,
drifting side by side;
sun rises over new hotels;
sages close their eyes…
(chorus) My heart, flows like a river to the sea,
May it always be, may it always be
A river of grace flows through me,
May it always be, may it always be
Will I always be a stranger here,
in the heart of sacred beauty?
You say this road can lead me home,
so I’m following your footprints in the sand.
I see the chaos and the barren trees,
maybe I am blind,
crowds of people falling to their knees,
is this place divine?