Key: G major•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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I met you in 82,
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over a crate of beer and not a few
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I cracked a can and so did you,
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we're gonna change the world
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The ghetto kings of downside town
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the estates and parks,
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our hallowed ground
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Doing anything that we found,
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and on the river flowed
Pre-chorus 1
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You'd take a drink
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from the Reverend Jimmy Jones
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Yeah, you'd cross the street
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on the path the gunman roams
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Thrown aside and left to waste,
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that was you, you knew your place
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Wander round, get off your face,
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and on the river flowed
Chorus 1
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And on and on the river flows
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We the under tow
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And on and on the river flows
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We the under tow
Interlude 1
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Verse 2
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Oh, I don't know how you made it through
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all the smoke and brew you do
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But It sure has left its mark on you,
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but you're still with us to day
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Life goes on and round we go
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and words can kill the things I know
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Often you cut me deeply so,
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but on the river flows
Pre-chorus 2
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And you'd set the table
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for the barber Sweeney Todd, yeah
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You'd clip the wings off of any rising god
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Man can't live on hope alone,
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it can be cut, all that is grown
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Broke your spirit but not your bones,
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and on the the river flows
Chorus 2
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And on and on the river flows
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We the under tow
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On and on the river flows
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We the under tow
Interlude 2
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Interlude 3
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Bridge 1
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You're working now, you're forced to race
I know it left a bitter taste
But the rising tide has covered your face
And there's nothing you can do
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But I still remember the day you said
That the river flowing through my head
Would take me so far or leave me dead
Outro 1
And all you said was true
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Na-na-na...
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Na-na-na...
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The river flows, oh
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