Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Cruel River , by - Show Of Hands. Song from the album Wake the Union, in the genre Музыка мираRelease date: 14.10.2012
Record label: Hands on
Song language: English
Cruel River |
| I worked on her father’s farm |
| Long hours of labour in the hills |
| Sharp of mind and strong of arm |
| He blessed the day he found me |
| Saw me as another son |
| Raised me as his own until |
| His daughter’s love I finally won |
| And he cursed the light around me |
| And he said dart, cruel river dart |
| Every year you claim a heart |
| You’ve taken hers |
| You’ve broken mine |
| You cruel, cruel river |
| hey hey hey |
| Arm in arm out on the ridge |
| We lay together in the sun |
| Beneath the tor and beyond the bridge |
| In her arms they caught me |
| One brother kept my love at bay |
| Two brothers held me firm and strong |
| And he fell upon me in such a rage |
| And the bitter lesson there he taught me |
| And he cried dart |
| Cruel river dart |
| Every year you claim a heart |
| You’ve taken hers |
| You’ve broken mine |
| You cruel, cruel river |
| Instrumental |
| Then begging them to leave me be |
| She broke away and stood alone |
| Just where those rocks bent down the trees |
| Above the roaring waters |
| Swift and sharp |
| A summer storm had raged this river into flood |
| And its there he reached to take her arm |
| And its there he lost his daughter |
| And he cried dart |
| Cruel river dart |
| Every year tou cliam a heatt |
| You’ve taken hers |
| You’ve broken mine |
| You cruel, cruel river |
| And I cried dart |
| Cruel river dart |
| Every year you claim a heart |
| You’ve taken hers |
| You’ve broken mine |
| You cruel, cruel river |
| You cruel, cruel river |
| You’re a cruel, cruel river. |
| End |