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Chords in this song22
Intro
G Em9 Dsus4 C x3
Verse 1
I looked out across
The river today,
I saw a city in the fog and an old church tower
Where the seagulls play,
I saw the sad shire horses walking home
In the sodium light
I saw two priests on the ferry
October geese on a cold winter's night
Chorus
And all this time,
The river flowed
Endlessly to the sea.
Verse 2
Two priests came round our house tonight
One young, one old, to offer prayers for the dying
To serve the final rites,
One to learn, one to teach,
Which way the cold wind blows
Fussing and flapping in priestly black
Like a murder of crows
Chorus
And all this time,
The river flowed
Endlessly to the sea.
If i had my way ,take a boat from the river
And i,d bury the old man ,Id bury him at sea
Verse 3
Blessed are the poor, for they shall inherit the earth
Better to be poor than a fat man in the eye of the needle
And as these words were spoken I swear
I hear he old man laughing,
"What good is a used up world, and how could it be
Worth having"
Chorus
And all this time the river flowed
Endlessly like a silent tear
And all this time the river flowed
Father, if Jesus exists,
Then how come he never lived here.
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Bridge
The teachers told us,
The Romans built this place
They built a wall and a temple,
And an edge of the empire garrison town,
They lived and they died, they prayed to their gods
But the stone gods did not make a sound
And their empire crumbled, 'til all that was left
Were the stones the workmen found
Chorus
And all this time
The river flowed
In the falling light of northern sun
If I had my way
I'd take a boat from the river
Men go crazy in congregations
But they only get better one by one
Fade Out
One by one.
One by one by one
One by one
I looked out across
Mark W
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