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Around the time I wrote this song I was enthralled by the music of Leonard Cohen, particularly his album Songs From A Room. I love all of those songs and I love the sound of the album. Down By The River was my attempt to write a song in the style of Leonard. I made a music video for this song while living in the South Korean countryside. Check it out:
youtu.be/PTVUsX7lCDg

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Down By The River

Down by the river, the waters flow
With my lady of beauty I sing to the stones on the shore
And the sun is warm, it kisses our skin
Not fully aware of the state I'm in
The spirit of nature deep within.

Slowly sunlight fades from the sky
Existence subsides to witness the birth of the night
We witness change where time can be found
Between memory and mystery lies the now
Who has not longed to feel beauty broken down?

I turn to the one whom I love
And ask her to speak
Just to hear the voice
That makes my body weak
As she reaches for me with a hand
That time can not touch
I have to close my eyes to embrace
Eternity's touch.

Take me to a place
Where I can lay my head
The first rays of a sunrise
Have stolen my bed
And the crimson flames tied to the sky
Are painting poetry before my eyes
Drawn aside is the veil of questions in the mind
Revealed are the reasons of life.

Down by the river, my love will always be there.

(c) Bob Westfall. 2010.

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from OUTLAWS IN CHAINS (2010), released October 1, 2010
Instruments and vocals by Bob Westfall

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