Words & Music Copyright by Barry Feldman (ASCAP)

Sittin by the river, tastin my peace of mind
Somethin that yesterday I didn't think I'd ever find
She took me in and she threw me back out again
Back to bein, back to bein, back to bein a loner man
She took me from my island and now she's set me out to sail again
Back to bein, bein a loner man

When people change their mixed up minds
And send you tumblin to the ground
When ears are closed and mouths are open
And your friends are all out of town
When people, people rip off and tear
Your love in pieces fallin all around
Remember the river, the river won't let you down
Don't give in, just live in nature it's all around
Remember the river won't let you down

Listenin, gazin, smellin heaven passin by
Rollin its clear carpet cross the earth and through the trees and sky
Now I'm on the road to who knows where again
But I kinda like the sweet and sour taste of bein on my own again
Bein on my own again

If you look hard at a river, you can find yourself in reflection
You can see your very image as the river moves on and on
Not knowin quite where it's goin but always headin for that vast ocean
Where all the rivers, all the rivers, all the rivers become one
Where all the rivers, all the rivers become one

When you find you don't know people that you thought you knew
When people never seem to say you're welcome
But you always hear a quick thank you
When people, people rip off and tear
Your love and peace is fallin all around
Remember, remember, the river won't let you down
No the river won't, river won't, river won't let you down
No the river won't let you down, no that river won't let you down
No that river won't let you down, no that river won't let you down
No that river won't let you down
Like lovers, like people
The river won't let you down