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                               Riverheart
                 Copyright Naomi Rivkis and Ray Phoenix

Oh she's a snake and she's wearing silver
White water mocking me when I want gold
She winds around me and she makes me shiver
Pours through my hands but so hard to hold
I never saw myself as much of a dreamer
Just here to grab my stake and then get a wife
I'd never seen the way she looks in winter
Now I'm a madman and the river's my life


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    And she rises and she falls and she shines
    And she whispers all her treasure will be mine
    And she smiles like the sun, so fine
    Then her face turns away
    And she's running down the side of the hill
    And I'll die if I don't catch her and I know I never will
    And she teases me and haunts me still
    In the chill of the day

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    Oh Mama, your little boy's lost

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    I came for the money without knowing the cost
    I've got more now than I thought to boast,
    But I still have to stay.

Have you ever seen her banks in summer
Bright gold and wildflowers sharing space?
Laughed in the valley and then heard her answer
Followed her curves into a shadowed place?

Don't try to tell me of the girls I'm missing
I never thought that you could understand
I'll stand beside her with the sun's own blessing
I'll feel her icy current ring my hand.

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Hot autumn droughts have brought her hard to heel,
Her sweating sides are strewn with gold to take.
I leave it there to watch her twist and wheel,
Dig down to cavern beds for life's sweet sake.
Oh mama, don't you weep and worry,
When rangers come to say I can't be found.
I am her man and I am going with her,
I'm gonna follow her, deep in the ground.


    And she'll rise, and she'll fall, and she'll shine
    And she'll whisper all her treasure will be mine
    And she'll smile like the sun, so fine,
    Then her face turns away.
    And she'll run down the side of the hill
    And I'll laugh when I don't catch her 'cause I know I never will
    And she'll tease me and she'll haunt me still
    In the chill of the day,
    Oh mama, your boy is a man,
    Got all I wanted in the palm of my hand
    And I know you still don't understand
    But I'm going to stay
    To the end of the day.



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