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The 5th Book Of Strangers album

River (McDonnell)

I remember there was a movie sky
So blue it almost hurt my eyes
We were barefoot in the fields
And the sun was on our skin

All the girls and poet boys
Oh print my heart on celluloid
There's a cadence to the flesh
And things can disappear

River – the thief that draws our lives away
To where the waves are breaking
River – still young, though Summer's almost done
There is a memory

New and fresh. Today we landed on the moon
So maybe tomorrow's brighter

You talk as if you know me
But I can't hold you long
I am carrying these strings of self
That tatter as I move

River – along the waters edge
The world stands, frozen in glass and amber
River – a rage I do not recognise
Under the weight of water

Here's that dark dominion
Where the quiet shadows dwell
Their icy fingered larceny
Stealing, stripping, bearing me down, to the....

River – the thief that draws our lives away
To where the waves are breaking
River – still young, though Summer's almost done
There is a memory

PERSONNEL

Phil McDonnell - Vocals, Drums, Keyboards, Muted trumpet samples, Strings

Tim Palmer - Guitars, Bass