From the River
Great American Racer
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I know about my grandpa, who I never got to meet And I know how he used to be a head honcho at one of the mills in my town And I know about the river that runs through infinitely And the hole 20 miles north where the acid runs deep, brown, infinitely This is my song from the river And to the city that I call my home If the waves try to reach you Then you and I are not alone Well, I heard about the people who've succumbed to these harsh tides They dove down under without second thoughts and never once swam back to shore And the water went straight through them They tried to stay afloat They fought so hard to escape the current but their bodies smashed on the rocks The sirens tried to save them There was nothing they could do They just froze in disbelief and tried to hold back their grief And now the dogs are barking And the neighbors can't face facts And the children, crying for mercy "Where is father, where is mom" Now I've seen my share of strangers Our paths just never crossed by And as I sit, I wonder if they are alive or if they are dead And it's hard to acknowledge that someday we'll see the end And it hurts me to know that some people's lives ended in such an unnatural way They may have lost their feelings And they may have lost all hope And they thought that it was healing And they thought it'd make them warm But instead, the flow, it was painful They all drowned and they all were gone And I wonder if my late grandpa ever met them with open arms And as the river flows through the city You can see the disaster unfold Though there were three floods before, I've already seen the worst one yet It affects your friends and family All the bodies are washing up Inside the parking lots of stores, restaurant bathrooms, even your home Well, I know about my grandpa, who I never got to meet And I know how he used to be a head honcho at one of the mills in my town And I know about the river that runs through infinitely And the hole 20 miles north where the acid runs deep, brown, infinitely This is my song from the river And to the city that I call my home If the waves try to reach you Then you and I are not alone I said this was my song from the river So don't let these flood waters roar If the waves try to reach us You and I are both not alone
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