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River of Dreams

Well, I dunno what I've been living on here 
But I think the sell by date is gone fowl
This rut seems to be so very deep, I fear
That it has swallowed up my soul.

Like an endless roundabout
Every exit is de- ceased
Some folk, they just stop living it out
End up dying piece by piece

But I swear that this is not my fate
For I swear ill be so much more
I'll get to the roundabout in time not late
For the promise of hope is mine ashore

Well this game of patience,
I have played the cards too long
So i think its time to fold
To throw this weary hand in for a song
Before I get too old

Its The same old song, and dance,
The records getting pretty thin
I need to straighten out my road
Till I'm clear from reckless sin

From underneath this rock, 
I'm disappearing here within an ode
New horizons, bring them on 
Am I home

Where have they been all this time
A thousand suns warm my soul and atone
Step into the promised land and shine
I'm finding it all
Across the river

Happiness, yes i remember this but I'm wary
Though it seems so constantly so long ago
It seems so very scary 
The thought of just letting myself go

Yet look at this effervescent idyllic place
I've found myself in,
I waded through this soul rivers nameless face
Till the waters under my chin

I'm finding it all
Across the river

A little sacrifice then in adventure mode
For the rest of my life to begin
So this is my beginning new road
Always moving never standing still, I win

I wont put up or shut up for the law
This time I need, for me
Its not that I hate those before
But its no longer enough you see

Jump right in, the currents strong I'm in
Sweeping me to where I wanna be
I don't have a care i'm soaked to the skin
This new seen sun will envelope me

I have found it all
Across the river

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