
Date of issue: 02.06.2016
Song language: English
The Riverbank |
Frightened by the tone of a phone in the dead of night |
Then staring into darkness and praying till the morning light |
The price already paid, a son gone to the grave |
Now the sorrowful parade to the riverbank |
Must be half the county come down to the riverbank |
High school is closed, same for the local police |
Shall we tearfully embrace, shall we sing «Amazing Grace» |
Will the shallow river waters bring us peace |
Army dude, only son, nowhere to run |
No one to turn to, he turns to the gun |
It’s a cross, it’s a stone, it’s a fragment of bone |
It’s a long walk home |
A long walk home |
Gonna be a long walk home |
From the riverbank |
Is there any reason why the black pine should not weep |
Is there a woman or a man who wouldn’t understand why he could not sleep |
And the nightmares when they came, like poison to the brain |
Reminded him again life is cheap |
Army dude, only son, nowhere to run |
No one to turn to, he turns to the gun |
It’s a cross, it’s a stone, it’s a fragment of bone |
It’s a long walk home |
A long walk home |
Gonna be a long walk home |
From the riverbank |
Army dude’s mama at the edge of the river |
Limp as a rag, American flag in her arms |
Then a triangle of light kissed the red and blue and white |
Along the riverbank, past the dealerships and farms |
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