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the river is a track by Elbow, taken from the album “build a rocket boys!”, released March 7, 2011 on Fiction / Cooperative Music USA / Downtown Records. It runs 2:50. Use the Play button above when a verified stream is available, or choose a listening service from the other options.
Within the album sequence, this recording sits alongside the birds, lippy kids, with love. Open the album page to compare the full running order and the listening options available for each song.
Song details
- Song
- the river
- Artist
- Elbow
- Release
- build a rocket boys!
- Format
- Album
- Duration
- 2:50
- Release date
- March 7, 2011
- Record label
- Fiction / Cooperative Music USA / Downtown Records
- Content notice
- Standard
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Lyrics
Find another songI walked through the river in kind of a dream
Hand in hand, the all-knowing river and me
To the clamour of rushes and deeply barren trees
A drunk making blossom, the blush to be seen
I told him my sorrows and broken-down dreams
Confessed every lie, replayed every scene
He openly wept as he listened to me
And then, with the sun in the west, he showed me the sea
Lyrics supplied by lyrics.ovh.
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- 01 the birds 8:02
- 02 lippy kids 6:06
- 03 with love 4:12
- 04 neat little rows 5:39
- 05 jesus is a rochdale girl 3:18
- 06 the night will always win 4:24
- 07 high ideals 5:39
- 08 open arms 4:53
- 09 the birds (reprise) 1:31
- 10 dear friends 4:58