The Cool, Cool River Testo

In the creases and the shadows
With a rattling deep emotion
Thecool, cool river
Sweeps the wild, white ocean

Yes Boss. The governmenthandshake
Yes Boss. The crusher of language
Yes Boss. Mr.Stillwater,
The face at the edge of the banquet
The cool, the coolriver
The cool, the cool river

I believe in the future
I may livein my car
My radio tuned to
The voice of a star
Song dogs barking atthe break of dawn
Lightning pushes the edge of a thunderstorm
And theseold hopes and fears
Still at my side

Anger and no one can healit
Slides through the metal detector
Lives like a mole in a motel
Aslide in a slide projector
The cool, cool river
Sweeps the wild, whiteocean
The rage of love turns inward
To prayers of devotion
And theseprayers are
The constant road across the wilderness
These prayersare
These prayers are the memory of God
The memory of God

And Ibelieve in the future
We shall suffer no more
Maybe not in mylifetime
But in yours I feel sure
Song dogs barking at the break ofdawn
Lightning pushes the edges of a thunderstorm
And thesestreets
Quiet as a sleeping army
Send their battered dreams to heaven, toheaven
For the mother's restless son
Who is a witness to, who is awarrior
Who denies his urge to break and run


Who says: Hardtimes?
I'm used to them
The speeding planet burns
I'm used tothat
My life's so common it disappears
And sometimes even music
Cannotsubstitute for tears