River So Wide - Lyrics by Phil Collins


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If we can cross at the place that divides us.
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cross the river, the river so wide,
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if we can smother the pain that's inside us,
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deny the demons that wait bu our side,
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we can find, find the light
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Our nights are filled with the light of the same moon,
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we share the comfort of the same stars.
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Our days are bright with the light of the same sun,
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that don't matter, can't you see what we are,
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what we are, what we become?
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Keep our sights on the way ahead,
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don't look back, it won't help us now.
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The storm we left so far behind
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seems a dark memory that starts to fade,
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but till we see the light we will not be safe.
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We all sink or swin in the same ocean,
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break our skin and we will bleed
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our minutes pass with the same motion,
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we face the same danger, we share the same needs,
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we're all the same, you and me.
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Keep our sights on the way ahead,
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don't look back, that won't help us now.
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Upstream, the river gets too wide
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so we must build that bridge right here,
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'cos if we wait we will not reach the other side.
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See under that clear blue sky
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the winds of change are blowing hard and long,
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and they'll not stop to rest 'cos the change is gonna come
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Our nights are filled with the light of the same moon,
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we share the comfort of the same stars.
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Our days are bright with the light of the same sun,
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that don't matter, can't you see what we are,
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what we are, what we become?
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Keep our sights on the way ahead,
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don't look back, it won't help us now.
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'cos upstream the river gets too wide
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and if we don't build that bridge right here, right now,
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you know we'll never ever reach the other side.
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