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The River (Letra)

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You know a dream is like a river
Ever changin’ as it flows
And a dreamer’s just a vessel
That must follow where it goes
Trying to learn from what’s behind you
And never knowing what’s in store
Makes each day a constant battle
Just to stay between the shores…and

I will sail my vessel
‘Til the river runs dry
Like a bird upon the wind
These waters are my sky
I’ll never reach my destination
If I never try
So I will sail my vessel
‘Til the river runs dry

Too many times we stand aside
And let the waters slip away
‘Til what we put off ‘til tomorrow
Has now become today
So don’t you sit upon the shoreline
And say you’re satisfied
Choose to chance the rapids
And dare to dance the tide…yes

I will sail my vessel
‘Til the river runs dry
Like a bird upon the wind
These waters are my sky
I’ll never reach my destination
If I never try
So I will sail my vessel
‘Til the river runs dry

There’s bound to be rough waters
And I know I’ll take some falls
But with the good Lord as my captain
I can make it through them all…yes

I will sail my vessel
‘Til the river runs dry
Like a bird upon the wind
These waters are my sky
I’ll never reach my destination
If I never try
So I will sail my vessel
‘Til the river runs dry

Yes, I will sail my vessel
‘Til the river runs dry
‘Til the river runs dry

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The River (Letra)

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And they came to the river
And they came from the road
And he wanted the sun
Just to call his own
And they walked on the dirt
And they walked from the road
‘til they came to the river
‘til they came up close

Throw your pain in the river
Throw your pain in the river
Leave your pain in the river
To be washed away slow

And we walked without words
And we walked with our lives
Two silent birds circled by

Like a pain in the river
And the pain in the river
And the white sun scattered
Washed away this slow

And we followed the river
And we followed the road
And we walked through this land
And we called it a home
But he wanted the sun
And i wanted the whole
And the white light scatters
And the sun sets low

Like a pain in the river
Like a pain in the river
Like a white light scatters
To be washed away slow

Like a pain in the river
Like a pain in the river
Like the way life scattered
To be washed away slow

The River (Letra)

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You are my river
Keep on flowing through
Filling my life
With all of you

You are the freedom
Iíve been searching for
Oh how i love you
Just for who you are

There will be hard times
Everyone must go through
Testing his love
Just to see if itís true
But the hard times will come
But they all pass away
I have seen the light
In my life today

Thatís why i love you
Just for who you are

You are my river.

The River (Letra)

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Sailing down, down the Styx again,
Without you my love, I want to return but then,
I see all my friends, they want me to join but then,
They all melt away, without you alone.
And the river’s running through my veins.
Lately she don’t seem the same.
And the blood keeps calling out my name.
I pass by the sins, left by a different man,
The tides brought them here, cast by a different hand.
And the wisps of the winds, blow with the Styx again.
Pushing me on, without you alone.
And the river’s running through my veins.
Lately she don’t seem the same.
And the blood keeps calling out my name.
And the river running down
And the river running down
And the river running down
And the river
My will must be strong, to rise with a different light.
My will must belong, I’m still pushing for different heights.
And the wisps of the winds blow with the Styx again.
The river runs red, and I’m left alone.
And the river’s running thru my veins.
Lately she don’t seem the same.
And the blood keeps calling out my name.
And the river’s running.
Help me baby

The river (Letra)

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Lose your way and we can stay out all night
Lose your keys and we can’t go home
In a little time In a little gin
We can touch hands again
Lose your head Lose your warhead
Wrote a song for a room I left long ago
It was my home It was my Hell
Now the girl the lives there
She’s an exotic She’s a drunk
Leaves her clothes off
When it rains Run to the river
She carry me She run me All the way down
To the floor Where it’s warm
And dirty like a river
My whole Hell
Carry me No Run me
All the way down to the river
All I want is to be worthy of my
Hands, but she’s got plans
Dirty like a river
(You can’t) run me down
Lose it Lose your war

The River (Letra)

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I live by the river
And I hide my house away
Then just like the river
I can change my ways
Oh, if you come to love me
You would stay forever
Inside my heart
Inside my dreams
And time will fade
In time we’ll love

In the street we walk as beggars
In the alley faithless kings
Ah, but it’s the truth of life
That chains us in between
Those lost moments we steal
To keep our love alive
And our prize so tired after all the pain
And time will fade
In time we’ll love

The River (Letra)

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River, rising to hide
Across the midnight
Wanderin’ westward by daylight
Take us and lead us to tomorrow
As fast as you come and can flow

River, you’re windin’
An unending rhythm
The sooner keep
Movin’ to warn him
The spirit that keeps
Us from sinking
Guide us from going astray

Point us a way
To a shoreline ahead
Through the mist and the fog
Of this valley of death
Too many years we have
Walked in a sleep
Now we’re awaken and ready fo flee

River, we hitchhikers
Beggin’ for mercy
Survive us from yesterday’s curses
Don’t damn us
Before you receive us
We’re needin’ your face
And your trust

The River (Letra)

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She fell in love with a lover boy
In the old days i would walk alone
Any other day not disturbing
While the others roamed

And i listened to her song
But would walk on the other side
We’d be lonely, blue and lonely

Then she fell in love with another one
I was older now, and followed a path
She had learned to be cool, to be caring
And i thought i should say
It’s too much just to be
But not enough for the life of me
To be lonely, blue and lonely

That’s when the river ran dry
That’s when the river was all but a spill
That’s when the river ran dry
Every soul on the shore
Without sail, without will

She said her saviour was soon to come
From a long way, to bring back the girl he once knew
To be true and all loving
In the very best ways

And i listened to her song
But would walk on the other side
We’d be lonely, blue and lonely

That’s when the river ran dry
That’s when the river was all but a spill
That’s when the river ran dry
Every soul on the shore
Without sail, without will

If time were a second
If life were a moment that once stood still
I’d leave it untattered, untouched, until

But it’s too much just to be
But not enough for the life of me
To be lonely, blue and lonely

She fell in love with a lover boy
In the old days, i would walk alone
Any other day not disturbing

And i listened to her song
But would walk on the other side
We’d be lonely, blue and lonely

That’s when the river ran dry
That’s when the river was all but a spill
That’s when the river ran dry
Every soul on the shore
Without sail, without will
And i knew it before, and i do know it still

The River (Letra)

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I went to the river, thinkin’ ‘bout jumpin’ in
Thinkin’ ‘bout your ways baby
Trying to forget how to swim
As i stood there, watching the train go by
Oh what a message – that’s when i realized

Oh baby, is it gonna last very long
Look at the river and how it keeps movin’ on
Oh baby, what we have is almost gone
Look at the river and how it keeps movin’ on
Movin’ on

My emotions move with the current and the wind
No direction and no definite end
That’s when i realized how the ripples
In the water seemed to shine
Reminds me of you and i baby, at one point in time

And just like a river – like a river flowin’ – into a waterfall
After falling are we moving on – i can feel the flow

Under the train bridge – it keeps movin’ on
Goes down to the whirlpool – it keeps movin’ on
No still waters baby, gonna hold me down
All i wanna know is – are you comin’ with me

The River (Letra)

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and they came to the river
and they came from the road
and he wanted the sun
just to call his own
and they walked on the dirt
and they walked from the road
ëtil they came up close
Throw your pain in the river
To be washed away slow
and we walked without words
and we walked with our lives
two silent birds
circled by
Like our pain in the river
and we followed the river
and we followed the road
and we walked through this land
and we called it a home
but he wanted the sun
and I wanted the whole
and the white light scatters
and the sun sets low
Like the pain in the river

The River (Letra)

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And they came to the river
And they came from the road
And he wanted the sun
Just to call his own
And they walked on the dirt
And they walked from the road
Ëtil they came up close
Throw your pain in the river
To be washed away slow
And we walked without words
And we walked with our lives
Two silent birds
Circled by
Like our pain in the river
And we followed the river
And we followed the road
And we walked through this land
And we called it a home
But he wanted the sun
And i wanted the whole
And the white light scatters
And the sun sets low
Like the pain in the river

The River (Letra)

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What makes a man
What makes a woman
Happy
What makes you think
What make you say
Love
Some say’s it’s like the river
How it runs to the sea
Love could be the river

One million people
Hoping to find
The river

One is in the middle
On the bottom of the sea
Like a spine of a tree

It’s all a riddle to me
It’s all a riddle to me
To me

The River (Letra)

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So deep in the water
Sleep, dark as the night
Somehow it seems it was all another dream
Soon dissolved in the light.
Oh, we were by the waterline.
Vague, the song of the night.
Innocent to all the peasant gods with you,
So, we drink to be renewed.
On the long, deep river
Where the moorhens cry
As the first sun quivers in the open sky…
Oh, she came down the river.
Soon, all the leaves were still.
The current was strong and the river was so long.
So, we drink to be renewed.
In the long cool evening,
Where the peacocks shiver
And the boat starts down the silver river way…
I remember you saying,
As her deep eyes opened,
In the first light seeing her,
"here is someone new".

The River (Letra)

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I come from down in the valley where mister when you’re young
They bring you up to do like your daddy done
Me and mary we met in high school when she was just seventeen
We’d ride out of that valley down to where the fields were green

We’d go down to the river
And into the river we’d dive
Oh down to the river we’d ride

Then i got mary pregnant and man that was all she wrote
And for my nineteen birthday i got a union card and a wedding coat
We went down to the courthouse and the judge put it all to rest
No wedding day smiles no walk down the aisle
No flowers no wedding dress
That night we went down to the river
And into the river we’d dive
On down to the river we did ride

I got a job working construction for the johnstown company
But lately there ain’t been much work on account of the economy
Now all them things that seemed so important
Well mister they vanished right into the air
Now i just act like i don’t remember, mary acts like she don’t care
But i remember us riding in my brother’s car
Her body tan and wet down at the reservoir
At night on them banks i’d lie awake
And pull her close just to feel each breath she’d take
Now those memories come back to haunt me, they haunt me like a curse
Is a dream a lie if it don’t come true
Or is it something worse that sends me
Down to the river though i know the river is dry
Down to the river, my baby and i
Oh down to the river we ride

The River (Letra)

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I come from down in the valley where mister when you’re young
They bring you up to do like your daddy done
Me and mary we met in high school when she was just seventeen
We’d ride out of that valley down to where the fields were green

We’d go down to the river
And into the river we’d dive
Oh down to the river we’d ride

Then i got mary pregnant and man that was all she wrote
And for my nineteen birthday i got a union card and a wedding coat
We went down to the courthouse and the judge put it all to rest
No wedding day smiles no walk down the aisle
No flowers no wedding dress
That night we went down to the river
And into the river we’d dive
On down to the river we did ride

I got a job working construction for the johnstown company
But lately there ain’t been much work on account of the economy
Now all them things that seemed so important
Well mister they vanished right into the air
Now i just act like i don’t remember, mary acts like she don’t care
But i remember us riding in my brother’s car
Her body tan and wet down at the reservoir
At night on them banks i’d lie awake
And pull her close just to feel each breath she’d take
Now those memories come back to haunt me, they haunt me like a curse
Is a dream a lie if it don’t come true
Or is it something worse that sends me
Down to the river though i know the river is dry
Down to the river, my baby and i
Oh down to the river we ride

The River (Letra)

Curso de Violão - Fórmula Violão

I come from down in the valley where mister when you’re young
They bring you up to do like your daddy done
Me and mary we met in high school when she was just seventeen
We’d ride out of that valley down to where the fields were green

We’d go down to the river
And into the river we’d dive
Oh down to the river we’d ride

Then i got mary pregnant and man that was all she wrote
And for my nineteen birthday i got a union card and a wedding coat
We went down to the courthouse and the judge put it all to rest
No wedding day smiles no walk down the aisle
No flowers no wedding dress
That night we went down to the river
And into the river we’d dive
On down to the river we did ride

I got a job working construction for the johnstown company
But lately there ain’t been much work on account of the economy
Now all them things that seemed so important
Well mister they vanished right into the air
Now i just act like i don’t remember, mary acts like she don’t care
But i remember us riding in my brother’s car
Her body tan and wet down at the reservoir
At night on them banks i’d lie awake
And pull her close just to feel each breath she’d take
Now those memories come back to haunt me, they haunt me like a curse
Is a dream a lie if it don’t come true
Or is it something worse that sends me
Down to the river though i know the river is dry
Down to the river, my baby and i
Oh down to the river we ride

The River (Letra)

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I was born by a river
Rolling past a town
Given no direction
Just told to keep my head down.
As I took my position
A man fired a gun
I was so steeped in tradition
That I could not run.

I was raised by a river
Weaned upon the sky
And in the mirror of the waters
I saw myself learn to cry.
As my tears hit the surface
I saw what had been done.
I gave feet to my freedom
And I did run.

Someday later
I saw the writing in the dust
It told me how I should travel
It told me who I was.
I ran far from the river
Far as I could see
And as the sun hit my shoulders
I felt it burning me.

How I longed for the waters
As the fire raged
How I longed for the river
As I aged.
I will die by a river
As it rolls away
Bury me in the nighttime
Do not waste the day.

High above the waters
That roll on to the sea.
All the angels in heaven will
laugh at me.
They will laugh at me.

My life was naught but a river
Rolling through my brain
Made of so many teardrops
Made of so much pain.

The River (Letra)

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You know a dream is like a river
Ever changin’ as it flows
And a dreamer’s just a vessel
That must follow where it goes
Trying to learn from what’s behind you
And never knowing what’s in store
Makes each day a constant battle
Just to stay between the shores.

(chorus)
And i will sail my vessel
‘til the river runs dry
Like a bird upon the wind
These waters are my sky
I’ll never reach my destination
If i never try
So i will sail my vessel
‘til the river runs dry.

Too many times we stand aside
And let the waters slip away
‘til what we put off ‘til tomorrow
Has now become today
So don’t you sit upon the shoreline
And say you’re satisfied
Choose to chance the rapids
And dare to dance the tide.

*chorus*
And there’s bound to be rough waters
And i know i’ll take some falls
But with the good lord as my captain
I can make it through them all.

*chorus*
Yes, i will sail my vessel
‘til the river runs dry
‘til the river runs dry

The River (Letra)

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You know a dream is like a river
Ever changin’ as it flows
And a dreamer’s just a vessel
That must follow where it goes
Trying to learn from what’s behind you
And never knowing what’s in store
Makes each day a constant battle
Just to stay between the shores.

(chorus)
And i will sail my vessel
‘til the river runs dry
Like a bird upon the wind
These waters are my sky
I’ll never reach my destination
If i never try
So i will sail my vessel
‘til the river runs dry.

Too many times we stand aside
And let the waters slip away
‘til what we put off ‘til tomorrow
Has now become today
So don’t you sit upon the shoreline
And say you’re satisfied
Choose to chance the rapids
And dare to dance the tide.

*chorus*
And there’s bound to be rough waters
And i know i’ll take some falls
But with the good lord as my captain
I can make it through them all.

*chorus*
Yes, i will sail my vessel
‘til the river runs dry
‘til the river runs dry

The River (Letra)

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You know a dream is like a river
Ever changin’ as it flows
And a dreamer’s just a vessel
That must follow where it goes
Trying to learn from what’s behind you
And never knowing what’s in store
Makes each day a constant battle
Just to stay between the shores.

(chorus)
And i will sail my vessel
‘til the river runs dry
Like a bird upon the wind
These waters are my sky
I’ll never reach my destination
If i never try
So i will sail my vessel
‘til the river runs dry.

Too many times we stand aside
And let the waters slip away
‘til what we put off ‘til tomorrow
Has now become today
So don’t you sit upon the shoreline
And say you’re satisfied
Choose to chance the rapids
And dare to dance the tide.

*chorus*
And there’s bound to be rough waters
And i know i’ll take some falls
But with the good lord as my captain
I can make it through them all.

*chorus*
Yes, i will sail my vessel
‘til the river runs dry
‘til the river runs dry

The River (Letra)

Garth Brooks

Garth Brooks

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And he dances every night
Framed in candles
And white white light
All is revealed
When all is too bright
You’re such a pleasure
A wonderful pain
Makes me never want
To love again
But sorrow always comes
To those with fickle fame

And the tears are gonna come
The tears are gonna come

We are consumed by corruption
Old before our time
Hurt by others’ hunger
Scarred by love as greed (how i need)
How cruel the birthday of 17
Youth behind you
The long years ahead
Showing you what you might have been
Instead of drifting, drifting, drifting

And the tears are gonna come
The tears are gonna come

Foundations crumble
Walls subside
We all break apart
When there’s heartache inside
Hold back those years
Those tears
With a futile pride (we’re gonna come clean)
Beware of love
And of dark-eyed men
They’re sweet and they’re tender
But they have no hearts
Just long smashed
Cruel shards of broken glass

And the tears are gonna come
The tears are gonna come

And all those songs
That made me cry
Keep flooding back
And years of new discovery and you
Disturbing my dreams
Now we’re flowing down that river
Heading for the delta
I don’t know which way to flow
But my heart’s a forest fire
And yours a field of snow

I don’t know which way to flow
Don’t know which way
Don’t know which way
To flow