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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
James Bay
Songwriter
Iain Archer
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Jacquire King
Producer
Lowell Reynolds
Recording Engineer
Sean R. Badum
Assistant Recording Engineer
James Oleksyk
Assistant Recording Engineer
Mark Bengtson
Assistant Mixing Engineer
Bob Ludwig
Mastering Engineer
Michael Brauer
Mixing Engineer
Lyrics
Tried to keep you close to me
But life got in between
Tried to square not being there
But it's there that I should have been
Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes
Hold back the river so I
Can stop for a minute and see where you hide
Hold back the river, hold back
Once upon a different life
We rode our bikes into the sky
But now we're caught against the tide
Those distant days are flashing by
Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes
Hold back the river so I
Can stop for a minute and be by your side
Hold back the river, hold back
Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes
Hold back the river so I
Can stop for a minute and see where you hide
Hold back the river, hold back
Oh, oh-ho, oh-oh, oh-oh
Oh-oh, ho-oh, oh-whoa-ho
Lonely water, lonely water, won't you let us wander?
Let us hold each other
Lonely water, lonely water, won't you let us wander?
Let us hold each other
Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes
Hold back the river so I
Can stop for a minute and be by your side
Hold back the river, hold back
Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes
Hold back the river so I
Can stop for a minute and be by your side
Hold back the river, oh
Lonely water, lonely water, won't you let us wander?
Let us hold each other
Lonely water, lonely water, won't you let us wander?
Let us hold each other
Writer(s): Iain Archer, James Bay
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