Dear River

Dear river, won't you take me out of here? Tell your friend the sea That I'll be waiting at the pier And throw me down to those rolling waves They're gonna take me the rest of the way Show me bright city light And streets I've never seen Make a home for me on the path in-between Then move me on like an autumn bird For I wanna fly all around the world Pull me in so we're close enough to kiss Read the stars to me For the sky it is a myth Hand me over to that restless wind We're gonna ride to a land we've never been But in every floodlit archway And in every fading tile Goes the memory of a self I've left behind So please take me from these bright lights I've loved them more that they have me Take me back to where the river bends That's where I long to be Dear river, won't you take me out of here? Tell your friend the sea That I'll be waiting at the pier And throw me down to those rolling waves They're gonna take me the rest of the way