David William Breidenthal Poet Lyric

The River Stone A-Glistening

Rippling, rippling
Like a river flows
Like a river stone
Ricocheting, ricocheting
Like a ball goes
Time stands on its own

That’s how it goes
That’s how it goes...
Oooh ohhh oooh
Oooh ohhh oooh
That’s how it goes
That’s how it goes

We’re rippling, rippling
Like a river flows, all alone
We’re diving, diving
Into the abyss unknown
Unknown...

It’s shown in your eyes 
That you’ve moved on on your own
The eyes tell no lies
So, tell me the truth — we’re not alone

Rippling, rippling
Like a river flows
Like a river stone
Ricocheting, ricocheting
Like a ball goes
Time stands on its own

That’s how it goes
That’s how it goes...
Oooh ohhh oooh
Oooh ohhh oooh
That’s how it goes
That’s how it goes

We’re rippling, rippling
Like a river flows, all alone
We’re diving, diving
Into the abyss unknown
Unknown...

The wind blows upon her hair
The sun glows away her despair
She’s the black beauty of the deep...
We follow her like sheep...like lost sheep

Rippling, rippling
Like a river flows
Like a river stone
Ricocheting, ricocheting
Like a ball goes
Time stands on its own

That’s how it goes
That’s how it goes...
Oooh ohhh oooh
Oooh ohhh oooh
That’s how it goes
That’s how it goes

We’re rippling, rippling
Like a river flows, all alone
We’re diving, diving
Into the abyss unknown
Unknown...

You just knew too much about me 
While I talked to you on the cellphone
You told me, held captive, that I’ll be set free
Instead, I’m on my own, on my own, but God’s my backbone

Rippling, rippling
Like a river flows
Like a river stone
Ricocheting, ricocheting
Like a ball goes
Time stands on its own

That’s how it goes
That’s how it goes...
Oooh ohhh oooh
Oooh ohhh oooh
That’s how it goes
That’s how it goes

We’re rippling, rippling
Like a river flows, all alone
We’re diving, diving
Into the abyss unknown
Unknown...
We’ll listen to the clouds a-sway
We’re going to glisten during the day
We’re drifting
As we’re lifting

We’re ricocheting, ricocheting
Like a ball goes, round and round and round it goes
We’re swaying, swaying, praying, praying
For a free-fall of our own while the sun surely glows 

The sun’s been aglow and I know
It’s been a-glistening and you know
That we’re rippling away day by day
We’re ricocheting like a stone at bay

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