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River of Life
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Meditation upon the river: 'The river is within us, the sea is all about us.' --T. S. Eliot
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Acoustic rock and folk rock with country, blues, and American Songbook influences.
Formerly "Dr. C and the Stratocats," I'm now on a solo career as "Dr. C," but I had to change my stage name here because someone else had already claimed it. My music strives for melody above all else; I strive to make my songs memorable, so you can whistle a tune immediately. I see melody as the element most lacking in contemporaryr music. I love Sinatra and the Beatles, Gordon Lightfoot, Paul Simon, anyone who can write a memorable "tune."
Song Info
Genre
Acoustic • Acoustic Rock
Charts
Peak #235
Peak in subgenre #22
Author
C. E. Chaffin
Rights
2010
Uploaded
July 31, 2009
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MP3 3.4 MB • 128 kbps • 3:45
Story behind the song
Prepared for a men's retreat on The River of Life.
Lyrics
River of Life B major River of life, river of death, river from which I draw my last breath. River of time, river of space, river for each individual case. Chorus: Will I travel where the river runs? Should I yield to the flow? For when everything is said and done we'll still never know, we'll still never know... Lying by the riverside basking in the sun you must ford the river wide before your journey's done. River of love, river of joy river that nurtures and destroys River of dark, river of light river that sweeps the leaves through the night. Chorus You may stand upon the shore and watch the river glide but the river's in your core empowering the current you ride. River of sorrow, river of pain river of hail, snow and rain. River of floods, river of power-- The river restores and the river devours. Chorus Join the water of your kin let your heart bleed clear. You are neither out nor in but one with the river from here.
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