Song Lyrics

Keepin' Time by the River

album: Keepin' Time by the River (1998), track 1 of 12
author: Chuck Pyle
publisher: Bee 'n' Flower Music BMI

Nights were deep
All the days were wide
Loving one another
There by the riverside
Every day was another
New day to know
   You can't push the river
   That mighty river's just going to flow
You can dam the river
You can change the river's course
You can deepen the river
'Til it gathers force
You can swim it you can sail it
You can drown in the undertow
   But you can't push the river
   That mighty river's just going to flow
 CHORUS
   Keeping time by the river
   Keeping time by the river
   Let that mighty river
   Take your little life in tow
   Keeping time by the river
   Keeping time by the river
   All the way down
   To where all the rivers go
I reach for you
Like you reach for me
Like a lonely river
Reaches for the sea
Meet me down where
The water deepens and slows
   You can't push the river
   That mighty river's just going to flow
 CHORUS (X2)
All the way down
To where all the rivers go