Late last nite I dreamed a dream
Ten thousand cars in a mountain stream
Rusting shells that seem to sing "River is dead"
Who's gonna be first to see River is dead?
Who's gonna let your mother know River is dead?
Who's gonna tell your ancient ones?
Their heirloom of ten thousand suns
Was shattered in some drunken fun and River is dead
Who's gonna turn the watermill?
Who's gonna clean the landfill?
Who's gonna keep any respect for the powers of an intellect
That forgets waters all connect? River is dead
Who's gonna hold the heat down?
Who's gonna cut your meat cow?
Who's gonna make your easy life
When you gotta sharpen your own knife?
Who's gonna be your god's wife when River is dead?
Who's gonna try to hit the road?
Who's gonna keep a moral code?
How far do you think you'll get before you'll need a drink so wet?
You'll find no running sink i'll bet when River is dead
Late last nite i dreamed a dream, River is dead
Late last nite i woke and cried, for on that mountain's other side
An ocean opened ever wide, its washing waves and tumbling tide
Indifferent to human pride
For any problem we create will be solved by the ocean great
But only at the ocean's rate, and who's got that long to wait?
It'll be enough but way too late when River is dead.
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