As my feet make the sound my mind wanders 'round
And my soul pulls my body to go down
I walk through the trees, hear the wind blow through the leaves
As I descend into this open desert ground
Down among the stones I can feel the ancient tones
Past purple, red, green, tan, and brown
The sun warms my face as I start to love this place
And I can feel the big wide canyon's empty sound
And to those who've gone before me, the walls of time sing your song
As the river tumbles onward, we feel the call to travel on
The path we travel down it twists and turns around
And pulls us to the river's hollow sound
Rock along the way changes color with the day
As the sunlight paints the purple desert ground
And to those who've gone before me, the walls of time sing your song
As the river tumbles onward, we feel the call to travel on
From the snowy mountains tall where the water starts to fall
Westward the river travels slow
The desert colors flow and run through the high plateau
As the water cuts the canyon down below
And to those who've gone before me, the walls of time sing your song
As the river tumbles onward, we feel the call to travel on
I feel the desert bones, wind and water cut the stones
It calls back to the ancient time
Where down the water flows as the stratas color shows
Until we turn and make the all ascending climb
And to those who've gone before me, the walls of time sing your song
As the river tumbles onward, we feel the call to travel on
